PLUMBERS’ DISPUTE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14233, 5 March 1914, Page 7

PLUMBERS’ DISPUTE.

CASE IN ARBITRATION COURT. (Per United P'-ess Association.) ■WELLINGTON, March 5. Giving evidence in the Dominion public plumbers’ dispute before the Arbitration Court, Mr George, director of Technical Education at Auckland, stated that he did not think one per cent, of the apprentices in the plumbing trade conld pass the examination at the end of their apprenticeship unless they received special instruction such a.s given in Technical schools. The only substitute for evening classes was day-training, under which boys would not be tired out as at present after 8 hours work. In Munich, where all apprentices up to 18 years of age, were required to attend the classes, the system turned out most successfully, being heartily approved by employers, who were at first opposed to the introduction of the system. Mr Grenfell, dealing with the Union’s claim that plumbers should be paid more than carpenters, pointed out that plumbers had more continuous and regular employment.