DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR (REPORT OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1927 Session I, H-11

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1927. NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR (REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

REPORT. The Secretary, Department of Labour, to the Hon. the Minister of Labour. Sir, — Department of Labour, Wellington, 11th July, 1927. I have the honour to present herewith the thirty-sixth annual report of this Department, for the information of His Excellency the Governor-General, and to be laid before Parliament, in compliance with the Labour Department Act, 1908, and the Factories Act, 1921-22. The report covers the financial year Ist April, 1926, to 31st March, 1927. I have, &c., F. W. Rowley, The Hon. the Minister of Labour. Secretary of Labour.

CONDITIONS OF TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT. The number of applications at tlie Department's employment bureaux rose from 517 on the sth April, 1926, to 2,247 on the 21st June ; the number fell to 1,226 in December, when it again rose steadily to 1,828 at the end of March, 1927. These figures show that there was a considerable degree of unemployment during the summer months. No doubt this feature was due to the fall in exports —in both prices and volume —having caused a general slackening of trade and employment. By the middle of June of this year the applications rose in number to 2,322, and there is no prospect of much improvement until the winter passes. The Government (chiefly the Department of Public Works), local bodies, and private employers have provided a considerable amount of employment. Unemployment continues to be most noticeable in the ranks of the unskilled workers, and of the total unemployed this group has comprised more than one-half. At the middle of June this year the number of such men was 1,261 ; the remainder comprised (1) clerks, 65 ; (2) drivers, 98 ; (3) hotel-workers and cooks, 73; (4)" farm hands, 107; (5) shop-assistants, storemen, &c., 71; (6) painters and decorators, 52 ; (7) carpenters and joiners, 104 ; (8) gardeners, 36 ; (9) motor mechanics, 24; (10) engineers, 71; and others in miscellaneous occupations in smaller numbers. During the year the value of building permits exceeded that of the previous year by £849,859, and the building trade, particularly in the construction of large premises for city businesses, shows every sign of being as active in the coming year as during the past four or five years. It is said that the unemployment in this trade is due to the falling-off in the building of houses, in which carpentry comprises a large part of the work. In the secondary industries the clothing, bootmaking, and saddlery trades have been slack. The decline in output in sawmilling has continued throughout the year. The decrease in the imports of motor-vehicles and their accessories accounts for slackness in the motor industry.

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As the result of inquiries made in the different districts of the Dominion, the following are some of the reasons that are given to account for the present state of the labour market: — Farming : Adverse financial conditions have affected employment on farms; farmers are performing their work themselves instead of employing labour, while others are holding up work until a more opportune time. Farm machinery: The introduction of electric power, motor-tractors, and other like vehicles has displaced a considerable amount of labour. Machinery for other industries : New labour-saving machinery has also displaced a good deal of labour in town and country, such as concrete-mixers, steam navvies, and other appliances for handling metal and sand, coal-grabs, appliances for the bulk handling of petrol, and so on. Importations : Imported goods are said to have displaced locally - manufactured goods to a considerable extent —for example, timber, agricultural machinery, clothing, and boots. Completion of a number of large works—viz., large buildings in the cities, also various drainage, water, and hydro-electric works in different parts of the Dominion. Electric-power, also oil for steamers, thus replacing coal: This factor affects not only coal-miners and waterside workers, but seamen, workers in factories, &c. Seamen : Some seamen appear to have come from abroad and remained in New Zealand. Total engagements made at the Department's employment bureaux during 1926-27, 10,268 (3,260 for public and other Government works, 1,716 for local bodies, 5,292 for private employment) ; dependants, 16,925 ; in addition 465 persons were assisted by the advancing of railway fares or otherwise. 1925-26 : 3,397 engagements (363 for public works, 3,034 for private employment); dependants, 3,533.

FACTORIES ACT.

The figures as to the number of factories and the workers employed therein do not purport to coincide with those of the Government Statistician (Census of Industrial Manufacturers), as his returns, which are drawn up purely for statistical purposes, do not cover various small establishments that are included as factories under the Factories Act. It might be explained that the above figures are those ascertained at registration time (April in each year), except that, in order to include factories in seasonal industries which might be closed in April, any new establishments opened during the year are added. Any fall in the number of factoryworkers occurring by reason of trade depression during the year will therefore be disclosed in the following year's figures. Accidents. As mentioned in last year's report, in order that the accident statistics may be comparable with the statistics of other countries, as urged by the International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1923, the figures cover the calendar year instead of the financial year. The total number of accidents in factories reported during the year ended 31st December is 2,768, an increase of 342 over the previous year. This increase is mainly accounted for by the extra number of accidents reported from freezing-works—viz., 1,325 —as against 1,042 in the previous year, an increase of 283. These accidents were, however, largely of a minor nature, and in 827 instances resulted in an absence of less than fourteen days. Of the 2,768 accidents reported, only 65 occurred to workers under sixteen years of age, 520 to those between sixteen and twenty, and the remaining 2,183 to those above that age. The number of fatal accidents shows an increase—viz., thirteen, as against seven the previous year. Particulars of each of these accidents are given below. A close investigation is made into the causes of all accidents, with a view, so far as possible, to preventing similar occurrences. Particulars of all reported accidents are now forwarded to the Government Statistician, who prepares statistics for comparison purposes on the same lines as those issued by statisticians in other countries, From his figures the following is gathered

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Number of Number of | Year. Factories Movement. Factory j Movement, registered. Workers. 1913-14 (before the war) .. 13,469 94 (increase) 87,517 919 (increase). 1914-15 .. .. •• 13,937 468 | 88,812 1,295 1915-16 (since the war began). . 13,214 723 (decrease) 83,011 5,801 (decrease). 1916-17 „ .. 12,455 759 „ 78,188 4,823 1917-18 „ .. 12,485 30 (increase) 79,653 1,465 (increase). 1918-19 „ 12,444 41 (decrease) 82,783 3,130 „ 1919-20 (after the war) .. 13,490 1,046 (increase) 85,591 2,808 „ 1920-21 „ .. 13,661 171 „ 96,603 11,012 1921-22 „ .. 14,013 352 „ 96,980 377 1922-23 „ •• 14,535 522 ,, 92,608 4,372 (decrease). 1923-24 „ •• 15,009 474 ,, 97,731 5,123 (increase). 1924-25 „ .. 15,868 859 „ 99,423 1,692 1925-26 „ .. 16,311 443 „ 102,321 2,898 1926-27 „ •• 16,619 308 „ 103,404 1,083 „

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Six hundred and fourteen of the accidents were caused by or were due to machinery : this is slightly under one-fourth of the total number of accidents that occurred, and is about the same proportion as in previous years. Of the thirteen fatal accidents nine were caused by or due to machinery. The other principal causes of accidents were found to be as follows : Faulty handling of tools, 742 ; handling of other objects (viz., objects dropped or tipped over, objects falling, or strain due to handling), 601 ; falls of persons from stairs, ladders, platforms, &c., 296 ; handling of poisonous, hot, and corrosive substances, 105; others (miscellaneous), 410; total, 2,768. Disability caused : Temporary disability, 2,638 ; permanent partial disability, 117 ; fatalities, 13: total, 2,768. Of the fatal and more serious accidents that occurred in factories the following particulars are given : — 1. While oiling the bearings of a lower shaft after the machinery was started a worker in a sawmill apparently lost his balance. In falling he came into contact with the friction-gear belting, and his neck was dislocated. The machinery was already adequately provided with safeguards. 2. A log fell oil a timber-worker, causing his death a few days later. 3. A freezing-works employee apparently acted contrarily to instructions, with the result that the contents of a blood-digester poured over him, and he died later from shock and burns. 4. A worker engaged in testing a gravel-screening plant apparently slipped, and his right leg was caught in the machinery, with fatal results. The plant was on trial, and had not been passed by the Inspector of Machinery. 5. A sugar-worker stacking sugar was struck in the back, causing him to fall. Death occurred the following day. The man operating the hoist was unable to see the worker engaged on the stack. Precautions against further accidents of the kind are now taken by means of signalling. 6. A sawmill-worker endeavoured to saw too many boards in one operation. This caused the belting to grip the boards against the saw, which struck the worker in the groin, causing death. Additional safeguards to limit the number of boards, and also to prevent any board flying back and striking the worker, were devised by the Inspector of Machinery, and steps have been taken to have similar devices attached to swing-saws in other districts. 7. A brassmoulder's labourer received injuries to his eye through an explosion of metal. He developed meningitis, which caused his death. At the inquest and also the Department's inquiry no explanation could be obtained as to the cause of the explosion. 8. A boilermaker strained his heart while at work. Death occurred some months later. 9. A slaughterman unfamiliar with the lay-out of the plant at a freezing-works apparently leaned over a guard-rail to look through a hole in the wall in which a fan was being driven and was struck by the fan; he died shortly after. A wire guard has now been fixed round the fan. 10. A shift engineer in a pumping-station was found lying dead on the floor near the engine. It is presumed that he was in the act of coupling the pumps with the engine when the bar that he was using became entangled in the revolving machinery and swung around, striking him on the head. 11. A sawmill employee engaged as a " slabby" was hurled on to a circular saw through attempting to cut a log that was too long for the skids. Death occurred instantly. The saw had been recently installed, and had not been passed by the Inspector of Machinery before being operated, and no safeguards had been erected. Proceedings were taken by the Inspector of Machinery for using machinery for which a certificate had not been given, and a penalty was imposed. 12. A manager of a cheese-factory proceeded to turn the belt on the pulleys on a water-wheel. His body was later found under the wheel, and it is presumed that he slipped and fell into the race, where he was unable to extricate himself. A requisition was immediately served on the company to provide a grid alongside the wheel to prevent any person from being carried under it. 13. A butcher in a small-goods shop sustained a slight cut and the wound became septic. Although treated at hospital he succumbed to the injury. Factory Hygiene and Welfare Work. Continued attention has been given to this phase of the Department's activities, particularly in those factories and shops where women workers are employed ; besides ventilation and sanitation, such matters as cloak-rooms, rest-rooms, washing facilities, adjustable chairs, and the covering of concrete floors are attended to. Several instances are quoted by Inspectors of the satisfactory provision made in newly erected factory premises for the welfare of the workers employed. As an indication of the endeavour made by employers to provide not only good working-conditions but also to encourage social activities amongst the workers, an Auckland firm employs a welfare superintendent, a hot lunch is provided at a minimum cost, a special dining and social hall is set apart for the workers' use, and a library of good books is kept on the premises. It might also be mentioned that a Thrift Club has been opened, which has been joined by employees at fifty-four factories and workshops in Auckland ; at the 31st March last the depositors numbered 1,673, with credit balances totalling £3,525. As mentioned in previous reports, arrangements were made with a number of factory occupiers in the chief centres of the Dominion to keep returns showing the temperature and humidity of the air in the workrooms, together with other factors that are likely to affect the health a.nd output of the workers. From these returns the Government Statistician obtained certain information detailed in my last annual report. Arrangements have now been made by which an officer with special qualifications in the new Department of Scientific and Industrial Research will endeavour to carry out a further investigation along the above lines. Boys and Girls in Factories. Certificates of fitness issued to boys and girls under sixteen years of age to work in factories : Boys, 1,199 ; girls, 1,547 : total, 2,746 ; a decrease of 140 compared with the previous year.

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Inspections, etc. Inspectors paid 15,750 visits of inspection to factories during the year, as compared with 13,761 during the previous year. Prosecutions numbered 67, in 56 of which convictions were obtained. No case calls for comment; fines totalling £93 were imposed. During the year complaints were received respecting 161 alleged breaches of the Act, resulting in 18 prosecutions and 79 warnings ; while 1,127 other breaches were discovered by the Inspectors themselves, for which 49 prosecutions were instituted and 1,071 warnings were given, the latter breachesjbeing either first offences or of a minor nature. No action was considered necessary in the remaining cases. There were 748 requisitions served to comply with various requirements of the Act, such as for lime washing ; safeguards for workers employed on machinery, &c. ; sanitary conveniences ; fireescapes ; renovations and structural alterations ; heating-appliances ; ventilation ; lighting; firstaid appliances ; washing-water ; and dining-rooms in the case of establishments employing over six women and girls, and boys under sixteen. SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT. The records show 24,509 shops throughout New Zealand, of which 12,148 (approximately one-half) were carried on without assistants. In the shops with assistants there were employed 19,472 males and 18,896 females. Visits of inspection to the number of 19,044 were made during the year, as compared with 15,681 in the previous year. Prosecutions numbered 246, in which 230 convictions were obtained. The sum of £420 in fines was imposed. The following is the only case that calls for comment. In this instance the action was taken against a restaurant-keeper who had sold cigarettes, for failing to observe the weekly halfholiday as required for tobacconists generally : a conviction was recorded. As this restaurant-keeper had been previously convicted of a similar offence within the previous twenty-four consecutive months, the Magistrate, in pursuance of section 21 (c) of the Act, ordered him to observe the half-holiday for the next twelve months. This is the first occasion on which such an order has been made. The provision was inserted in the Act in order to protect tobacconists, who had frequently complained of illicit selling of tobacconists' goods after closing-hours by shopkeepers in other trades. Such offences are difficult to discover. During the year complaints were received respecting 337 alleged breaches of the Act, resulting in 54 prosecutions and 170 warnings; while 1,068 other breaches were discovered by the Inspectors themselves, for which 192 prosecutions were instituted and 870 warnings were given, the latter breaches being of a minor nature or first offences. No action was considered necessary in the remaining cases. One hundred and eighteen requisitions were served on occupiers of shops to comply with various requirements of the Act, such as for sanitary conveniences, heating-appliances, sitting-accommodation for females, lighting, ventilation, and drinking-water. Ten requisitions were also served on occupiers to comply with the requirements of the Retail Shop Assistants' award for dining-room, cloak-room, and couch accommodation in the case of establishments employing six or more females. INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT. Work done under the Act during the Year 1926-27. Industrial agreements filed .. .. . . .. . . 20 Recommendations of Councils of Conciliation . . . . . . . . 134 Awards of the Court of Arbitration .. .. .. . . . . 126 The awards and industrial agreements actually in force on the 31st March, 1927, total.'l 76 (last year 489). The reason for this reduction is merely that in a number of instances a " Dominion " award has taken the place of the several local or district awards in the same industries. Work performed by Commissioners and Councils of Conciliation during the Year. Industrial agreements arrived at and filed as such under section 28 by parties through the Commissioner alone .. .. . . .. 8 Disputes dealt with by Conciliation Councils— Where recommendations were fully accepted and forwarded to the Court to be made into awards .. .. .. . . .. .. 70 Where recommendations were substantially accepted or agreements reached and referred to the Court to make awards .. .. .. 55 Where only minor recommendation or no recommendation was made .. 9 Total.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 The above figures would indicate that 93-6 per cent, of the disputes dealt with by the Commissioners and Conciliation Councils were settled or substantially settled by them ; but it should be noted that in some cases the settlements reached merely followed upon recently made awards of the Court, or settlements through Commissioners or Councils in the same or similar industries elsewhere.

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Wages in New Zealand. A comparison has been made between the minimum rates of wages required under awards and the rates of wages generally paid to adult male workers (other than foremen) in a number of the principal occupations in the four chief centres in New Zealand. From this comparison the following information is given : —

Registration op Industrial Associations and Unions. The usual statutory return (to the 31st December, 1926) of the associations and unions registered under the Act, with their membership at that date, is published herewith as an appendix. Comparison with the previous year shows that the total number of workers' unions has increased by one, but the total membership has decreased by 873. The decrease in membership is due to the de-registration of a coal-miners' union with a membership of three hundred, which now, with several other miners' unions, carries on its negotiations for conditions of employment outside of the Act; also to the de-registration of one of the seamen's unions, which has, however, again registered this year. Otherwise there has been a slight increase in the membership of registered unions. The large unions of workers that have elected to remain outside the Act were at the end of the year nine coal-miners' unions (comprising 2,302 members at the time of de-registration), while eleven other coal-miners' unions are still registered (with 1,913 members), two marine engineers' unions (comprising 634 members), and one tramway employees' union (249 members). The total number of employers' unions has decreased by two. Inspections. During the year 3,229 complaints of breaches of awards and industrial agreements, &c., were received and investigated. Apart from these, a large proportion of the general inspections of factories, shops, &c., totalling 34,794, included an inspection to ascertain whether the awards and agreements were being compiled with in respect of wages, overtime, &c. Prosecutions. There were 381 prosecutions for breaches of awards and agreements other than stoppages of work, 326 against employers and 55 against workers; 327 convictions were recorded. Fourteen other prosecutions against employers were taken for miscellaneous breaches of the Act, and ten convictions were obtained. Forty-nine workers were prosecuted for striking or otherwise ceasing employment (two strikes), and a conviction was obtained in one case (thirty-five workers) ; the other case was dismissed. Union Accounts. There has been no occasion during the year to call for an audit of the accounts of any union. A few instances have been brought under the notice of unions, however, of small amounts of union funds being used for purposes not authorized by the Act. Legal Decisions or Interest. Application for Award.—On an application for an award covering motor and horse drivers it appeared that only twenty-six drivers out of over one hundred and twenty in the district applied for membership of the union. Many of the witnesses called for the employers were drivers, who stated that they were satisfied with their present conditions of employment. The Court of Arbitration considered that it must give due weight to the opinion of the workers who gave evidence, and in the circumstances refused to make an award. (Book of Awards, Vol. XXVI, p. 861.)

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I Industry. Award Bates. j Rates generally paid. Per Hour. Per Hour. Bricklayers .. .. 2s. 3|-d. and 2s. 4d. .. 2s. 6d. to 3s. Carpenters and joiners .. 2s. 3d. and 2s. 3|d. .. 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d. Electrical workers .. 2s. 2d. and 2s. 3d. .. 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. Painters .. .. 2s. 3d. .. 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. Plasterers .. .. 2s. 3£d., 2s. 4d., and 2s. 4fd. 2s. 6d. to 3s. Plumbers .. .. 2s. 2d. and 2s. 3d. .. 2s. 2d. to 2s. 6d. Stonemasons .. .. .. Is. 9d., 2s. Ifd., 2s. 3jd., 2s. Ifd. to 2s. 6d. and 2s. 4fd. Bakers .. . . 2s. Ifd. .. .. 2s. Ifd. to 2s. 4fd. Boilermakers, engineers, motor 2s. 3d. . . .. 2s. 3d. engineers, moulders, sheet-metal workers, tinsmiths Bootmakers . . . . Is. lljd. .. .. Is. lljd. to 2s. 2d. Cabinetmakers . . . . 2s. 3d. .. .. 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. Engine-drivers .. .. 2s. Ofd. and 2s. Ifd. .. 2s. Ifd. to 2s. 6d. Tailors . . . . • Is. 8|d. and 2s. 2d. .. Is. lOfd. to 2s. 6d. Waterside workers .. 2s. 2f d, .. .. 2s. 4d.

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Preference—ln an application for awards for shearers the question of granting a preference clause was raised on behalf of the unions concerned. Following its previous practice the Court declined to grant preference because of the difficulty in remote districts of obtaining shearers and shed hands on short notice, and because small farmers and their sons add to their incomes by shearing for their more prosperous neighbours. The Court made it clear that not to grant preference to unionists was in no way intended as a penalty, but was entirely due to the impossibility of granting preference on practicable conditions. It provided, however, that employers should not discriminate against unionists, or do anything, directly or indirectly, to the detriment of the union. (Book of Awards, Vol. XXVI, pp. 629-754.) Industrial Disturbances during the Year, There were in all forty industrial disturbances during the year, of which twenty-seven may be classed as unimportant or trivial. The following is a summary of the remaining thirteen disturbances :— Coal-miners, Glen Afton. —264 men ceased work for thirty working-days in consequence of the appointment of two men as hewers over the heads of miners said to be more experienced. The management finally appointed as additional hewers two men who had been passed over, and agreed to a conference to deal with some other grievances. The men were bound by an award under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, but in the circumstances it was decided to take no action against them for striking. Coal-miners, Hikurangi.—-The management refused to make up to the minimum rate specified in the award the piecework wages of two men who it was claimed had been working in a deficient place ; 151 men thereupon ceased work and remained on strike for eighteen working-days. A conference of the parties recommended that the wages demanded be paid in this instance, but arranged for the payment in future of one of the workers by results only. Proceedings taken under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act were withdrawn upon the receipt of assurances from the union that the offence would not be repeated. Coal-miners, Ohai (Southland). ■ — A coal company discharged twenty-six of its miners on account of slackness of trade ; eighteen of the remaining miners ceased work in protest, their contention being that the company should keep the whole of its employees on the pay-sheets and share the work that was available. Eleven of the strikers were replaced immediately by " free labour," and within three weeks the mine was again fully manned. Though the men were bound by the strike provisions of the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, it was not deemed necessary to take proceedings against them. Coal-miners, Ohai (Southland). —In this instance it had been the practice to base the wages payable for coal hewn on the weight that had been indicated by one truck-load ; the men became dissatisfied and demanded that each load be weighed in future. The management refused, and the mine was closed down for seven days. It was then leased to a mine-deputy, who agreed with the men upon an increased rate which would allow for variations in weight. Although both the company and the workers were bound by the provisions of the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, it was not in the circumstances considered a case for prosecution. Coal-miners, Paparoa.—Eighty miners adopted a " go-slow " policy for four days and then ceased work for two days. No reason was offered for this behaviour, which is considered to have been caused by a dispute among the men themselves. This was not a " strike " within the meaning of the Act. Coal-miners, Paparoa. —As the usual pay-day would fall on Christmas Day, the men demanded that wages be paid upon the 23rd December and up to the time of ceasing work on the previous day. This the management considered impracticable, and in consequence a stoppage occurred from the 20th to the 24th December. Proceedings were taken against seventy-four men for a breach of the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, and convictions were obtained. Coal-miners, Runanga.—376 men ceased work for five days in consequence of a deduction made from their wages for time lost through the accidental breaking-down of the ventilation apparatus. Work was resumed upon the management agreeing to appoint a whole-time fan-attendant. The question of a refund of the deduction was held over for the decision of the Minister of Mines upon his next visit to the locality. A breach of the Labour Disputes Investigation Act was committed, but no action was taken. Coal-miners, Stockton.—lso men ceased work for six days in consequence of the dismissal of a loco.-driver who had refused to carry out a particular duty. The opportunity was then taken by the men to claim certain " yardage" and " wet-time " rates. A conference with the owners arranged by the West Coast Miners' Council decided (1) that the loco.-driver was in the wrong, and (2) that the demand for the special rates was justified. A breach of the Labour Disputes Investigation Act was committed, but it was decided not to take proceedings for the offence. Freezing-workers, Patea.—The employees had agreed with the company to accept a certain rate of pay for killing " day-old calves " which was lower than the rate fixed by the award for the killing of calves generally. The killing of day-old calves was an innovation not contemplated when the award was made. Intervention by the union resulted in a cessation of work pending a settlement of the matter. 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in the existing award rates. When the season opened most of the workers refused to accept engagement. The employers immediately engaged " free labour "at award rates. Similar trouble arose at the freezing-works at Feilding, Longburn, Auckland, Wanganui, Masterton, Waitara, Picton, and Gisborne. A conference was eventually agreed to, which decided that a joint application be made to the Court of Arbitration for a new award to take the place of the existing award, and that in the meantime work should be proceeded with at the existing award rates. The Court subsequently made a fresh award, increasing the time and piecework rates of wages by varying amounts for the different classes of workers, and in its decision intimated that in the case of unskilled workers the new award brought the rates into line with its new basic rates. No action was taken in respect of the few men who had accepted engagement and then refused to commence, and no breach occurred in the other cases. As " free labour " was available when the dispute arose, little time was lost by the employers. While there was a delay of about a month before the men who had refused employment accepted work, it is understood that some of them were engaged in other employment pending a settlement of the dispute. Freezing-works Employees, Feilding.—After ceasing work to secure the reinstatement of a worker who had refused to kill a ram lamb, the men demanded double rates for killing this class of animal. The management stated that no more ram lambs would be penned for killing, and the men agreed to resume work. When the time came to resume, however, they refused to do so until the volunteer butchers who had been taken on during the previous dispute referred to above had been dismissed, and did not return until the " volunteers " had left. The stoppage lasted for eleven days. As it appeared at the time that the volunteer butchers had left of their own accord, no action was taken. Freezing-works Employees, Whakatu.—The dismissal of " free labour " was the object of a similar stoppage which took place at Whakatu nearly a month after the stoppage at Feilding. Most of the men drifted back to work before the end of a week. Proceedings were taken against the men for a breach of the strike provisions of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and fines were imposed. Waterside Workers, Lyttelton.—An increase of 1-Jd. per hour, which had been granted to waterside workers on condition that they agreed to work on Saturday afternoons when required, in accordance with an agreement made between the Waterside Workers Federation of New Zealand and the shipowners, was withheld by the employers at the Port of Lyttelton on account of the unwillingness of the men to accept the agreement. Upon the men refusing to accept engagement to work two vessels, apparently as a protest against the employers' action, the employers decided not to call for any further labour for work in the port until the vessels in question were worked. The deadlock lasted eleven days. Work was resumed under the conditions existing prior to the making of the agreement, and subject to a conference being arranged to discuss the questions of extra pay, work on Saturday afternoons, and working-conditions generally. No breach was committed by the men, as it is not an offence to refuse to accept engagement. It will be seen that these disturbances were confined to coal-miners, freezing-works employees, and waterside workers, and that in only one instance did the dispute relate to main questions such as the wages of the workers in the industry generally. Industrial Disturbances, Ist April, 1922, to 31st March, 1927. The following information respecting the industrial disturbances that have occurred in New Zealand during the past five years will be of interest. In the figures given disturbances are excluded where there was no dispute with the employers (such as quarrels between the workers themselves, stop-work meetings, and the like). In other cases a disturbance extending simultaneously over several districts respecting the same matter has been counted as one disturbance only. Some of the disturbances consisted of refusals to work overtime without a cessation of work during ordinary hours—e.g., waterside work on Saturday afternoons—and refusals of coal-miners to work on certain Saturdays. In these cases amount of time so lost is counted as equivalent to the number of days shown in column 3.

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(1) "" ~ " (2) "" """ " (3) „ , „ Number lasting Workers affected. m^ er of Disturbances. One Day or les3. 06 O ver Three Days. Shipping and waterside workers 90 42 22 ! 26 Miners .. .. .. .. 71 29 15 27 Freezing-workers .. .. j 19 4 4 1J —180 —75 —41 —64 New Zealand Railways employees .. 1 .. .. 1 Flax-mill workers .... 2 .. .. 2 Sawmill workers .... 2 .. .. 2 Plasterers .. . . .. 1 .. .. 1 Shearers (small parties) .... 5 4- 1 Storemen ...... 5 4 1 Labourers ...... 3 2 1 Gasworkers .. .. .. J 1 Metal-workers' assistants .... 1 1 Stage employees .... 1 1 Electrical workers .... 1 ] — 23 —14 — 3 — 6 Totals .. .. .. 203 89 44 70

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The above figures show that out of a total of 203 industrial disturbances 180 (88 per cent.) occurred amongst the three classes of workers above mentioned, and the remaining 23 (12 per cent.) took place in eleven other industries. No disturbances occurred in the remaining sixty industries in which there are industrial unions. The three classes of workers referred to were also responsible for 64 (91J per cent.) of the disturbances lasting over three days (column 3). A return recently issued by the International Labour Office states that the average number of days lost through strikes and lockouts per annum per 1,000 of the population during the period 1919-23 in the following countries are as shown: — Great Britain .. .. 819 . South Australia .. 270 Sweden .. .. 795 Western Australia .. 461 Germany .. .. 591 Tasmania .. .. 121 Australian Commonwealth 411 Italy .. .. .. 352 New South Wales .. 661 Erance .. .. 259 Victoria .. .. 234 Canada .. .. 194 Queensland .. .. 223 New Zealand .. .. 84 Critics of the New Zealand Act, both in New Zealand and abroad, have asserted that the Act has not been effective in eliminating strikes. The above tables show that it has been very successful in reducing them.

DISPUTES DEALT WITH UNDER THE LABOUR DISPUTES INVESTIGATION ACT.

None of the above disputes resulted in a strike or lockout. In fifteen instances, however, strikes of coal-miners took place on various minor questions that arose after their agreement was made. These are included in "Industrial Disturbances," p. 6. Prosecutions were instituted in two of these. In one case the proceedings were withdrawn upon receipt of assurances from the union that the offence would not be repeated, while in the other case convictions were obtained against the men. This Act permits of strikes and lockouts taking place provided there is no award or industrial agreement in force under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and provided that a certain period —about three weeks —has been allowed for an investigation and for a ballot on the question at issue. Only twenty-seven unions have had their disputes dealt with under the Act since its inception in 1913. There are now twelve agreements in operation under that Act, while there are 476 awards and industrial agreements in force under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. It will be noticed that all the disputes dealt with last year were settled without any strike taking place. In one case a ballot on the question of striking was taken, but did not result in favour of a strike. Arising out of the disputes filed , under the Act since its inception to date only five ballots have been necessary, and in none of these cases did a strike take place in pursuance of such a ballot. APPRENTICES ACT. This Act has now been in operation for three years, and each year I have taken the opportunity while visiting the various centres of the Dominion of meeting members of Apprenticeship Committees and also others engaged in the skilled trades, for the purpose of ascertaining the progress being made and discussing any difficulties experienced, in order that, where necessary, steps may be suggested by way of amendment of the Act or regulations to facilitate smooth administration. During each year it has been found that an increasing number of committees has been set up, most of the skilled trades being now represented in the sixteen chief towns of the Dominion ; and while there was for some time a hesitation on the part of members of these committees to exercise the very wide powers given to them under the Act, it is now found that on the whole the representatives of the employers and workers on the various committees are co-operating amicably, and that generally speaking adequate steps are being taken to see that the apprentices and their employers are carrying out their duties to one another and to their industries.

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(1) (2) (3) (4) Industry affected. Particulars. Ballot of Workers. | Nature of Settlement. Seamen, New Zealand .. Dispute over question of wages ; referred Not required .. Agreement arrived at directly to Labour Disputes Committee but not filed. Tramway workers, Auckland Conference called by Conciliation Commis- „ .. Agreement filed pursioner. Settlement resulted suant to section 8 .(I)-Fire-brigade employees, Auck- Ditto .. .. .. .. „ .. Ditto. land Coal-miners, Ohai .. .. Agreement reached without recourse to „ .. „ conference called by Conciliation Commissioner or to Labour Disputes Committee Glass-workers .. .. Conference called by Conciliation Commis- Duly taken (see „ sioner and meeting of Labour Disputes col. 2) Committee proved abortive. Ballot resulted in vote against strike. Agreement subsequently filed Shift engineers (in freezing- Conference called by Conciliation Commis- Not required .. „ works, &c.), Auckland sioner. Settlement resulted Biscuit and confectionery Conference called by Conciliation Commis- „ workers, Auckland sioner proving abortive, dispute was referred to a Labour Disputes Committee and then withdrawn, workers deciding to register under Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act

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Notwithstanding the changes that have taken place in some of the skilled trades by reason of the introduction of machinery and specialization, the apprenticeship question is still one of very great importance, as the supply of much of the food, clothing, houses, and other necessaries of life for the public in the future depends upon the proper teaching of the boys in the various industries from time to time. The question is important for the boys themselves, for the trades concerned, and most of all for the general public. It is gratifying to find that satisfactory progress under the Act is being made, and that members of Apprenticeship Committees are giving their time and services so readily in the interests of the general public and of the boys. The following information is given respecting the work done under this Act from its inception in 1924. The Act provides that, in order that every encouragement and assistance should be given to boys to proceed to skilled trades, reports on the boys leaving schools should be forwarded by head teachers to the Department, which would then get into touch with the boys and their parents, inviting them, where employment is required, to make application accordingly to the Department, stating the kinds of employment desired. Reports on a large number of boys leaving the schools were received accordingly, and a proportion of the boys applied to the Department for assistance. Many otherboys were able to make their own arrangements for employment. Although employers were, as usual, invited to engage the services of boys from the Department's offices, the response has again been very small; this is due largely, no doubt, to the general slackness of trade, and to the fact above mentioned that many of the employers receive applications directly from the boys and make their own arrangements with them. The Act also provides,—• That an Apprenticeship Committee may be formed in any industry or group of industries in any locality by agreement between any organizations of employers and workers. The accompanying table shows the industries in which committees have been set up. (Note : In each case, except where indicated, an apprenticeship order of the Court of Arbitration has also been made fixing the wages and other general conditions of employment of apprentices.)

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Industries. Districts where there are Committees. Baking and pastrycooking .. Wellington, Canterbury, Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Dunedin, Southland. Boilermaking . . .. .. Wellington, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, Gisborne, Southland, Westland. Bootmaking .. .. . . Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, Otago and Southland, Taranaki. Boot-repairing .. .. .. Canterbury.* Bricklaying .. . . .. Auckland, Wanganui, Palmerston North,* North Canterbury. Carpentering and joinery .. Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne, Wellington, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Palmerston North,* Masterton, Nelson, North Canterbury, South Canterbury, Oamaru, Southland, Dunedin. Clothing trade . . . . . . Canterbury, Wellington, Dunedin. Coachbuilding .. . . . . Wellington, Canterbury, Auckland, Otago and Southland. Electrical working . . .. Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui, Canterbury, Masterton, Southland, Thames. Engineering .. .. . . Wellington, Gisborne, Wanganui, Nelson, Palmerston North, Westland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, Masterton, Southland. Furniture trades . . .. Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui, Westland, Canterbury, Gisborne, South Canterbury, Southland. Gardening .. .. .. Canterbury. Hairdressing .. .. .. Canterbury, Wanganui, Auckland. Jewellery and watchmaking .. Wellington, Auckland. Leadlight and glass working .. Canterbury. Letterpress, lithographing, and book- Gisborne, Canterbury, Taranaki,* Wanganui, Otago, Auckland, binding Wellington. Masonry (stone and monumental). . Auckland, Wanganui. Motor engineering . . .. Gisborne,* Westland, Canterbury, Auckland. Moulding .. . . . . Wellington, Nelson, Wanganui, Christchurch, Dunedin, Southland, Auckland, Palmerston North, Gisborne, Westland. Painting .. .. . . Auckland, Gisborne, Wellington, Wanganui, Hawke's Bay, Palmerston North, Masterton, Nelson, North Canterbury, Dunedin, Southland. Plumbing and gasfitting . . Auckland, Hamilton, Whangarei, Gisborne, Wellington, Dunedin, Palmerston North, Nelson, Canterbury, Oamaru, South Canterbury, Southland, Wanganui, Masterton. Plastering . . .. . . Auckland, Wellington, Wanganui, Canterbury, South Canterbury. Saddlery . . . . . • Auckland, Wellington. Tailoring . . . . . . Wellington, Wanganui, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Tinsmithing . . . . . . Auckland, North Canterbury. Typographing . . . . . . Gisborne, Canterbury, Taranaki,* Wanganui, Otago, Auckland, Wellington. Wicker-working .. .. Dunedin. * No order yet made.

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As above stated, the Act permits of separate committees being formed, in tlie respective industries, in any particular localities, in order that the members may, by being on the spot, readily keep in personal touch with the boys and their employers. Accordingly all the committees have been set up for either specified towns or for districts. One hundred and fifteen committees are in existence, covering twenty-seven industries. This represents an increase of twelve committees during the year. These committees have been agreed upon by the employers and workers concerned. There are only a few unimportant industries in which no Apprenticeship Committee has been set up or orders of the Court made, such as those of coopers, horse-shoers, beamsmen, and curriers. The Court is next required to make general orders fixing the wages, hours, and other conditions of employment of apprentices, also the periods of apprenticeship, the minimum (not the maximum) age at which an apprenticeship may commence, and the proportion of apprentices to journeymen. There are now ninety-three orders of the Court in force, twelve being made during the past year ; most, if not all, of these have been agreed upon by the parties concerned. Regarding the periods of apprenticeship, it was thought at the time the Act came into force that for various reasons, such as the use of machinery and the discouragement felt by boys when faced with the prospect of lengthy periods of apprenticeship, there would be decreases in the number of years that apprentices would be required to serve at their trades. The only case where a decrease has occurred was in one of the secondary towns in the engineering trade. Tn this case the period was reduced from five to four years where an apprentice has prior to entering into a contract of apprenticeship taken a two-years' course in mechanical engineering at a technical school and passed a stipulated examination. It has been represented by many employers that they should be given more freedom as to the number of apprentices that may be employed. The Court in one or two instances has given indications in its orders that appear to show a recognition of the needs of industry in this regard. In the cabinetmaking and furniture trade in two districts the orders of the Court have increased the proportion of apprentices to journeymen from one to three (in the whole industry) to one to two (in each branch of the industry). In the plumbing trade in four localities the proportion has been increased from one to three to one to two, while in one locality it was further increased to one to one. In the wicker-working trade in one district (where there was previously no award covering the trade) the apprenticeship order provided for a proportion of one to three, but it was found necessary to increase this to one to one. In the bricklaying trade in one locality the proportion has been increased from one to three to one to two. On the other hand, decreases in the proportion of apprentices have been made in several instances owing to the fact that the trades were becoming overcrowded. In the electrical trade the apprenticeship orders had followed the previous awards in providing a proportion of one apprentice to each journeyman. In two districts it has been found necessary to reduce this proportion to one to two. The Court made provision, however, for the gradual operation of the alteration spread over three years. In the engineering trade in one district the proportion for engineers was decreased .from two to one to one to one. In three instances in the plumbing and painting trades the Court delegated the authority to prescribe the number of apprentices that may be employed by individual employers (subject to the proportion for the whole district) to the respective Apprenticeship Committees. Amongst the powers given to the Court of Arbitration under the Act is that of ordering any employer or employers to employ a minimum number of apprentices. This provision was suggested by several representative employers in New Zealand, who had expressed, the view that while most employers realize the necessity of providing a sufficient number of journeymen for the future, a number of others did not do so. The power given to the Court has so far not been used, although I understand that one or two committees have under consideration the question of calling the attention of the Court to the failure of certain employers to employ and train a share of apprentices. A similar question has arisen in France, where it is proposed to set up classes for the training of boys in industries in those cases in which employers are not themselves training a sufficient number. The cost of the classes would be met by means of a levy upon the industries benefited, with exemptions in the case of those employers who are themselves training a sufficient number. In this connection it might be pointed out that section 21 of the New Zealand Act provides that if the majority of employers in any industry in a locality is desirous of establishing an institution in which boys would receive technical instruction the Court of Arbitration may order all the employers in the industry and locality to contribute towards the cost of such training. The first case of this kind arose in Auckland ; it was felt there that the apprentices in the motor-mechanics' industry (vol. XXVa, p. 672) could not be thoroughly trained in ordinary garages. Similar orders have since been made in the tinsmithing and sheet-metal working (Vol. XXVa, p. 894) and plumbing trades (Vol. XXVa, p. 1246). The following additional powers are given to the Court, which it has, pursuant to section 6, delegated to the respective Apprenticeship Committees : — Section 5 (4) (k) : To visit and inquire at any place where apprentices are employed as to the progress of the apprentices. As stated last year, it is found that there is some hesitation and difficulty in instituting visits by members of committees : as most of them are either employers or workers engaged in the workshops in their respective trades, they do not care to visit apprentices of other employers for the purpose of possibly criticizing the teaching given there ; moreover, few of them are prepared to spend the time entailed by such visits, which must generally be during the working-hours. It is nevertheless considered that regular visits to all apprentices are essential for the successful operation of the Act, and especially to show the boys that an interest in their welfare and progress is being taken ; to ensure as far as possible that they are diligent in their work, and also that their employers are giving them satisfactory tuition. Moreover, it is not possible to satisfactorily exercise the various powers given to the committees unless these visits are carried out. To meet these difficulties the Department has offered the services of some of its experienced Inspectors for the purpose, although where expert knowledge of the trades concerned is required they cannot carry out the duties in an entirely satisfactory

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manner. In pursuance of the above arrangements 360 special inspections have been made by Inspectors at the request of committees, in addition to which Inspectors themselves in the course of their ordinary inspection have made 3,940 inspections, of which 2,428 were made last year. The objections above referred to may also be overcome to some extent by the procedure adopted by the Dunedin Painters' Committee, for example, which calls upon several of the apprentices in succession to present themselves at the meetings of the committee for examination. Section 5 (4) (b) : To cancel any contract of apprenticeship—for instance, where the committee is satisfied that the apprentice is not suited to the industry. Sixty contracts have been cancelled— fifty-nine by committees and one by agreement of the parties. Section 5 (4) (c) : To prohibit an employer from employing an apprentice. This may be done, for example, on account of lack of facilities for instruction, or because the trade is not a suitable industry in which to train apprentices, or until an employer can show that he is sufficiently established in business to continue as an employer. In twenty-two cases employers have been prohibited by committees under this section from taking apprentices, viz : Baking, 1 ; painting, 1 ; plumbing, 10; electrical working, 2 ; bootmaking, 2 ; bricklaying, 1 ; carpentering, 3 ; cabinetmaking, 1 ; and plastering, 1. Section 5 (4) (d) : To order the transfer of any apprentice to another employer who is willing to take him—for example, where the committee considers better or further training can thus be obtained. Nine such orders have been issued on account of the first employer's inability to teach. Section 5 (4) (g) : To order the attendance of any apprentices at a technical school, either in their own time or in the employers' time, if sufficient facilities for complete training are not provided by the employer. Nineteen committees, covering fourteen trades, have ordered all apprentices to attend technical schools in their own time. In one instance the Court made a similar order. Extra remuneration has been provided for in twelve trades upon the boys obtaining certificates showing satisfactory progress made at the schools. No orders appear to have been made requiring employers to give time off to their apprentices to attend technical schools. The furniture trade committee in Wanganui has, however, agreed to two hours on Saturday morning being given for the purpose in the employer's time. Section 5 (4) (h); Tojorder the examination of apprentices. Eight committees, covering thirteen trades, have ordered such examinations. Section 5 (4) (i) : To order that any increase in wages due to an apprentice may be withheld— for example, on account of negligence or carelessness of the apprentice. In one case—painting trade— the committee made such an order. Section 6 (2): The Act confers a right of appeal to the Court of Arbitration upon any party affected by the decision of a committee. There have been only six such appeals. One of these is of interest, as follows : An engineering firm in Christchurch appealed against the refusal of the committee in that trade to register two apprentices to welding. The committee had refused to register because it considered it would be unfair to require them to spend five years at this branch of the trade. At the Court's suggestion the matter was held over in order to see whether the engineering firm could bring forward some definite proposals to the committee in regard to the length of time the apprentices should serve at welding and one other branch of the engineering trade. The Act applies generally to all apprenticeships hitherto covered by awards and industrial agreements under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, but the Court may extend the Act to other cases. Apprenticeship orders have been made respecting eight trades in localities which were not previously covered—viz., plasterers, stonemasons, hairdressers, moulders, boilermakers, engineers, motor mechanics, and wicker workers in the Wanganui, Nelson, Westland, and Otago Districts. The Act does not apply to females unless specially ordered by the Court in any case. In one instance (hairdressing) females have been included in the order covering that trade. Other provisions : Section 8 requires that every apprenticeship to which the Act applies shall, if in order, be registered by the District Registrar of Apprentices. From returns obtained from employers of apprentices under the Act it was ascertained that at the 31st March, 1925, there were 6,836 apprentices employed, and on 31st March, 1926, 8,055. It is intended to obtain the figures for this year as at the Ist. October, in order that up-to-date information may be available for the guidance of head teachers and boys about to leave the schools. The estimated number of apprentices as at the 31st March, 1927, is 9,073. The increases shown are partly due to the proportionate natural increase from year to year in the number of journeymen, to the fact that the apprenticeship orders as issued by the Court from time to time have covered a wider field, and no doubt to some extent to a larger number of apprentices being employed. The District Registrar may in any case refuse to register a contract of apprenticeship if he considers that the Act or any regulation or order of the Court or committee has not been complied with. Thirty-four applications have been refused on these grounds. He may also, if he thinks fit, withhold registration for any other reason (such as a doubt as to the capacity of the employer to teach or the suitability of the trade or factory), and refer the question to the committee (or to the Court if there is no committee); in such case he shall be guided by its decision. In the boot trade in Christchurch application was made to register an apprentice to be taught by two pieceworkers employed on boot-repairing work; registration of the contract was withheld by the District Registrar and the question was referred to the Court. The Court directed that registration should be refused on the grounds (a) that the employers of the apprentice, being pieceworkers, had not the security of tenure to guarantee their being able to keep the apprentice for the full term of the apprenticeship, and ([b) that in any case under the terms of the award the boy could not be apprenticed to boot-repairing only. In ten other instances applications for registration were referred to the committees and finally refused. There is a right of appeal to the Court against all refusals to register. (There have been no such appeals.)

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Section 10 empowers the committee (or the Court) to authorize two or more employers in the same locality to enter into a contract with the same apprentice. One such contract has been approved in the motor-engineering trade in Auckland. This provision of the Act was copied from an Australian Act, and was inserted to meet the case of intermittent trades such as building ; the several employers would jointly undertake the responsibility of teaching a boy, transferring him from one of their number to another as the circumstances rendered necessary. Section 11 empowers a committee (or the Court) to authorize special contracts of apprenticeship in the cases of adults or other persons already possessing some knowledge of an industry. The duty of the committee or Court is to see that an employer does not obtain an undue advantage by thus securing the services of an adult at the wages and other conditions fixed for boys. 136 special contracts have been approved. In regard to the provision in technical schools of supplementary training of apprentices considerable progress has been made. While the view was expressed by many employers prior to the passing of the Act that the technical-school training generally was of little value to industry, the contrary opinion is now found. Close co-operation between the technical-school authorities and the members of the Apprenticeship Committees is being brought about, and, as the Apprenticeship Committees comprise experts in the respective trades, their advice is, no doubt, of the greatest value, and this is being recognized by the Technical School Directors. Members of Apprenticeship Committees are being consulted in regard to the setting-up of classes and the framing of syllabuses. Their assistance is also sought in the direction of visiting classes from time to time and in the conduct of examinations. In the Government Service two Departments have taken steps to improve the quality of the work of their apprentices. The Railway Department has introduced a comprehensive scheme for the technical training of apprentices in the railway workshops in the four main centres, and the Public Works Department has also inserted a clause in the indenture papers of apprentices in all the trades carried on in that Department, with the object of ensuring that the boys shall attend technical colleges or some similar institutions for at least three years of their apprenticeship. The Registrar and District Registrars are vested with authority to take proceedings for breaches of the Act, regulations, orders, &c. There have been eighty prosecutions, of which eight have been against apprentices. Of the prosecutions taken against apprentices six were for failing to attend the technical schools when ordered to do so by the committees, and two were for leaving their employment. In six cases fines were imposed, while two cases, one for leaving the employment and the other failing to attend technical school, were withdrawn on the boys undertaking to fulfil their obligations in future. An interesting attempt to evade the provisions of the Act occurred during the year in Wellington, where an employer in the furniture trade applied to the committee to register a contract of apprenticeship. The committee refused the application, on the ground that the employer did not have adequate facilities for training an apprentice. The employer subsequently entered into a deed of partnership with the apprentice. The employer was proceeded against, the Court giving judgment for the Department. ARREARS OF WAGES. Amounts totalling £5,885 lis. 6d. were collected by the Department's officers on behalf of workers who had been underpaid the wages prescribed by awards and the various Acts, while further amounts of such arrears totalling £5,134 12s. sd. were paid by employers, at the instance of the Inspectors, directly to the workers concerned : total, £11,020 3s. lid. (previous year, £8,966 Is. lid.). WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT. Sixty cases were heard and determined by the Court of Arbitration. One case heard by the Supreme Court calls for comment as follows (this relates to the fatal accident referred to on page 3, paragraph 11) : The judgment states that the evidence showed that deceased was employed as a " slabby " at a sawmill, and that it was entirely outside the sphere of his duties to use the saw that caused his death. The deceased had never handled such a saw, and had done so for his own purposes in order to gain knowledge. The Court held that in the circumstances the employers were not liable. SHEARERS' ACCOMMODATION ACT. The administration of this Act has. again been carried out by the Department of Agriculture, as the Inspectors of that Department have opportunities of inspecting the accommodation provided for shearers during the performance of their various duties in the country districts. The records of the work done show that during the year 1,078 inspections were made, 215 requisitions were served to provide better accommodation, and three prosecutions were taken for failing to comply with the notices served ; a conviction was recorded and a fine imposed in each case. AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' ACCOMMODATION ACT (INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION FOR FLAX-MILL AND SAWMILL WORKERS). The special Inspector appointed to supervise the accommodation provided at flax-mills, sawmills, &c., has again made a large number of general inspections of such places, and 212 requisitions have been served on proprietors for increased or improved accommodation.

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SCAFFOLDING AND EXCAVATION ACT. During the year 6,698 notices of intention to erect buildings and scaffoldings were received (previous year, 6,421), and 21,324 inspections were made (previous year, 20,706). The erection of large buildings in permanent materials, such as brick, concrete, and iron, has necessitated very close supervision of the gear and scaffolding used. In addition to building-work generally, excavations covered by the Act are also inspected with a view to preventing accidents to workers employed therein. Inspectors generally report that the type of scaffolding and gear used has much improved during recent years. The number of accidents that occurred during the year ended 31st December last is 274 (of which eight were fatal), as against 254 for the previous year, an increase of twenty. Careful inquiry has been made by the Senior Inspector into all accidents, particularly the more serious of them, and it is found that none could be attributed to lack of attention by Inspectors. Seven of the accidents occurred directly in connection with scaffolding or gear ; while 245 of the total of 274 accidents were of a minor nature. The number of accidents according to occupations is as follows : Labourers, 127 ; carpenters, 90 ; plasterers, 10 ; painters, 14 ; bricklayers, 5 ; unclassified, 28. There were thirty-five prosecutions for breaches of the Act and regulations. Convictions were obtained in thirty-two cases, and fines totalling £80 were imposed. Particulars of the more serious accidents are as follow :— (1) Scaffolding was erected inside a steel tank designed for the storage of oil, and steel roof principals were being placed in position on the tank : these were hoisted on the inside of the tank, and the ends were placed upon the scaffolding. The method adopted precluded the possibility of adding a guard-rail to the structure, as it would have prevented the principals from being placed in position. A worker fell and was killed, although at the time of the accident he was not engaged in any kind of work on the scaffold. No one witnessed the accident, and no reason could be advanced by those in the vicinity to explain the cause of the deceased's fall. (2) An engineering firm was engaged in erecting oil-tanks on which swinging stages were fixed at a height of 20 ft. A split-pin had the day before the accident been shorn off the axle of the pulley-wheel supporting one of the platforms, and the worker was preparing to put in a new pin before commencing work when the platform collapsed without warning of any kind, resulting in the death of the worker. No notice of the intention of the contractors to use a swinging stage had been given to the local Inspector of Scaffolding, and no certificate authorizing its use hacl been given. Proceedings were taken against the contractors for a breach of the regulations, and a penalty was imposed. (3) A worker was cutting a " chase " out of the bottom of a brick wall on the ground floor of a building, preparatory to its demolition, when the wall collapsed, burying him under the debris, with fatal results. Instructions have since been given to Inspectors of Scaffolding to the effect that where " chases " are driven into a wall, " shores " should be used to hold it until the preparatory work of demolition is actually completed. (4) A carpenter was working on a building, nailing on a corrugated-iron roof. He was wearing rubber gum boots, and had round his body a strong rope, which was fastened to a ventilator on the ridge-pole. The workman apparently slipped on the roof, which was wet, fell a distance of about 30 ft., and was killed instantly. No one witnessed the accident, but it was noticed that one end of the rope was still attached to the ventilator, and it would appear that the other end had not been securely fastened round the deceased's body. (5) In the course of alterations being made to a butter-factory a concrete wall was being taken down inside the building. Scaffolding was erected to enable a principal to be put in position, and two guard-rails were erected on it. While handling a piece of timber the foreman of the job apparently slipped, fell on the scaffold, and rolled under the guard-rail. He struck a plank on the floor, and died from his injuries two days later. (6) A painter was working on a ladder about 15 ft. from the ground when he was attacked by giddiness and fell. He died a fortnight later. (7) A board was nailed to putlogs on a scaffold about 50 ft. from the ground. A heavy gale of wind sprang up and dislodged the board, which fell, striking a worker on the head as he stood on the ground close by. The injured man died aboiit a day and a half after the accident. (8) A man was painting the roof of a tank when he slipped and, falling a distance of 25 ft., received injuries from which he died the same evening. The roof was too steep for the worker to sit on with safety, and a rope fixed at the apex of the tank had been tied round his body. According to a statement made by the injured man he removed the rope to change his position, and slipped on the steep side of the roof. (9) A signwriter, working on his own behalf, was engaged on a ladder when a person riding a motor-cycle endeavoured to pass underneath, with the result that the ladder was knocked over. The signwriter sustained serious injuries to his head. Under such circumstances an employer is required to have a person at the foot of the ladder, but in this instance the person injured was working on his own behalf. (10) Several workers were engaged in hoisting materials in barrows by means of a lift. A barrow was not properly placed on the platform of the lift, the handles protruding over the side, with the result that it was knocked off, striking one of the workers and causing severe injuries to his head and parts of his body. The Senior Inspector of Scaffolding has continued his visits to the various districts during the year, and reports that throughout the Dominion great care and diligence have been exercised by all the Inspectors. His visits have resulted in generally increased efficiency and in uniformity of administration and interpretation. Employers and workers appear to welcome the advice and assistance of the Inspectors. The fact that the changes in methods of construction of buildings, involving greater danger to the workers, have been satisfactorily met is shown by the freedom from accidents thereon.

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SERVANTS' REGISTRY OFFICES ACT. There are 104 offices registered in New Zealand—an increase of twenty. The usual visits of in spection were made during the year to see that the Act is generally complied with. RENT-RESTRICTION. There were 551 applications received from tenants for inquiry (previous year, 605). The following table shows the results of the investigations :—

In addition to the above, there was a small number of cases that were not completed at the end of the year. Two cases were reported where|owners wished to sell dwellings after obtaining possession for their own occupation, but in each case the owner applied for and obtained permission from the Magistrate to sell. The rent-restriction provisions as hitherto in operation were continued by the Rent Restriction Act, 1926, until the Ist August, 1927. After that date this Act will provide (1) that the standard rent shall be determined on the 7 per cent, on the capital value of the dwellinghouse as at the date of such determination (instead of on the 1914 value), exclusive of rates, insurance, repairs, and depreciation; (2) that the Act shall cease to operate except where, on the application of the tenant, a Magistrate otherwise orders; in deciding the question the Magistrate shall have regard to the greater hardship that may be caused to either party concerned. Inspectors in some of the districts report a continued shortage of houses, and the hardship that would still be caused to tenants if the law were terminated. It should again be noted that in any case the Act does not apply to houses first let after the 9th November, 1920. FOOTWEAR REGULATION ACT. There were 1,616 general inspections made throughout the Dominion under this Act, and stocks of footwear were carefully examined. There were four prosecutions, and fines totalling £20 were ordered. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AOT. The number of premises inspected during the year is 10,180 (previous year 9,067). The total fees calleoted for testing and verifying appliances were £5,989 2s. 3d., an increase of £1,139 6s. sd. over last year. Proceedings were taken against twenty-nine traders, and twenty-seven convictions were obtained; penalties, £53 55.The reciprocal arrangement with other English-speaking countries mentioned last year, by which information is exchanged regarding new legislation, regulations, and methods of administration, has been continued. This has proved .especially valuable in regard to new appliances, and also to old-types with y new devices introduced into them; in every such case an illustration and full description are -'Obtained from the country in which it was first introduced.

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Number in which Rents umbe f ™ whl( * Rent ? demanded were reduced. demanded were deemed Total Number justified. Number m whlch nQ La v *■' At instance of x> -n x x Proceedings Applications. B Department By By Department fatm , g Court, without reference Court, without reference to Court. t0 Court ' Auckland .. .. 96 1 73 .. 8 14 Wellington .. 302 12 110 4 32 144 Christchurch 28 2 14 .. 1 11 Dunedin .. .. 58 .. 45 .. 6 7 Hamilton Gisborne .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 1 Napier . . . . 22 . . 18 . . 2 2 Masterton .. .. 9 .. 4 .. .. 5 New Plymouth .. 5 .. 5 .. Wanganui Palmerston North 10 . . 2 . . 6 2 Nelson .. .. 4 .. 2 .. .. 2 Greymouth .. 5 .. 4 .. .. 1 Timaru .. .. 5 .. 2 .. .. 3 Oamaru .. .. 3 .. 2 1 Invercargill .. 3 .. 1 .. .. 2 551 15 282 5 55 194 !_ * For example: Cases found to be outside scope of Act, owner having sold to another for latter's own occupation.

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Appliances presenting suet novel features are required under our regulations to be submitted for approval before use as being suitable for trade, and such as not to facilitate fraud. As a result of the information received from the countries where these appliances were made the Department has been assisted in detecting faults warranting rejection. It is sometimes found, for example, that an appliance is rejected in England or Canada and then sent to New Zealand in the hope that it will be accep'ted here. It is noteworthy that while sixteen new appliances were during the year submitted for approval, ten of them were rejected ; applications respecting fourteen others are still under consideration. The sale of petrol in tins containing 4-gallon quantities has now been almost discontinued, and petrol-measuring instruments (generally spoken of as petrol kerb-side or " bowser " pumps) have been installed throughout the Dominion. To the end of March last the number of measuring-pumps dealt with was approximately 2,200. In order to cope with the demand for pumps numerous types have during the past two and a half years been submitted for approval of the Department, and only after careful inspection and test has such approval been granted. At present there are some sixteen different types of pumps in use. The visible petrol-measure has been approved as being the most accurate and the more readily checked by the purchaser, and regulations have been made whereby no new " blind " pumps shall be installed. Existing types have been granted a period within which they shall be altered to conform in this respect, or else cease to be used for trade. The Department is now insisting on the fitting of satisfactory interlocking mechanism on these pumps whereby no liquid can be drained back to the tanks while delivery is being made to the purchasers, and no delivery-valves opened unless the adjustments are correct and maintained correct. Existing pumps will be gradually brought into line with this requirement. All adjustments, stops, &c., are sealed by the Department's Inspectors. All pumps are verified from time to time. The new Weights and Measures Act passed in 1925, and which came into force on the Ist January, 1927, appears to be generally understood by scale manufacturers and traders, and the administration has so far proceeded smoothly. As explained last year, the former Act merely enabled the Department to ensure that weighing and measuring appliances are correct and are of suitable construction, but made no provision to ensure that correct weight or measure of goods purchased is given. The new Act extends the law to cover this requirement, and for this purpose provides (inter alia) — (1) That when goods are sold by weight or measure, whether wholesale or retail, the correct weight or measure shall be given (section 23). The Act also enables regulations to be made requiring the goods specified therein to be sold only in certain prescribed quantities —weight or measure (see item (3). * (2) That all goods except those that may be exempted by regulation shall when sold by retail by weight or measure be sold by net weight or measure, and where made up in packages the net weight or measure shall be shown on the package (section 18). The goods exempted from this section comprise some forty-five articles which it has not been considered practicable to sell by net weight or measure — for example, fruit in bottles. Most of these have already been exempted for some years from similar provisions in the Sale of Pood and Drugs Act (administered by the Department of Health), and also under the New South Wales Weights and Measures Act. As the Sale of Food and Drugs Act and the Weights and Measures Act overlap as regards the weight or measure of foods and drugs, it has been arranged that the question of correct weight and measure shall be dealt with in future by this Department, under the Weights and Measures Act. (3) That the goods specified in regulations shall be sold only in the quantities (weight or measure) prescribed (section 39 (12) ). This provision is designed to meet cases where it has become a practice to sell goods so slightly short of an ordinary weight—for example, 14 oz. or 15 oz. instead of 1 lb.—■ as to lead a customer to believe that a full pound was being given. It is fair to say that shopkeepers and other traders generally themselves disapprove of the practice, and many of them welcome the new provision as being a protection to the fair trader and to the public. The articles (principally foods) for which regulations have been made requiring the sale by prescribed or standard weight or measure are butter, tea, sugar, coffee, coffee and chicory, cocoa and cocoa-powder, chocolate-powder, treacle and golden syrup, honey (except in the comb), pepper, mustard, and milk ; also black japan, including its substitutes ; Brunswick black, including substitutes ; candles, other than fancy candles ; nails; paints ; tobacco ; turpentine ; and varnish, including lacquers. A period varying from the statutory minimum of six months to eighteen as from the date of the regulations has been allowed before the standard weight and measure provisions take effect. This was done in order to give dealers an opportunity to dispose of existing stocks, and also to enable manufacturers to make any necessary adjustments. As each class of goods is brought under the regulations, attention to the fact is being called in the newspapers and otherwise. It is proposed to add to the above lists, but before so doing opportunity will be given to those concerned to make any representations. (4) It should be noted that, except in the special cases mentioned in item 3, the new provisions of the Act, as set out in items 1 and 2, do not apply where the goods are sold otherwise than by weight or measure. It is therefore not an offence to sell any such article by the piece, package, or number, such as a joint of meat or a packet of soap. It might be pointed out that care in bringing the various classes of goods under section 39 (r) is needed, as the application of the provision might cause an increase in price greater than the increase in the quantity of the article given. The chief value to the public of the requirement lies, first, in preventing manufacturers and other traders from misleading customers as to the quantity ; and, second, in ensuring that a package containing, say, 15 oz. of an article is not allowed to compete with another make containing a full pound.

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The Inspectors have been instructed to permit a variation from the prescribed or standard weight or measure of any one package up to 5 per cent., provided that the average of six similar packages, including the one that is deficient, is correct. This instruction is based upon an existing regulation under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. Before being adopted the regulations were very carefully considered, and opportunity was given to traders, scale-manufacturers, and others concerned to make any representations. The regulations are based generally on those in force in New South Wales. In addition to the matters already mentioned they provide for specifications of various types of weighing and measuring appliances in order to maintain accuracy; tables of maximum errors permitted in weighing and measuring appliances ; and the method of marking of the net weight or measure on packed goods. A little difficulty occurred in respect to the marking of some articles which were packed in the United States containing that- country's standard weight or measure and marked accordingly. New Zealand agents have, however, quickly made arrangements to re-mark existing stocks, generally by means of stickers, and fresh shipments will be correctly marked. In the case of articles such as paints and lacquers, many of which are imported from the United States and which will be required under the new Act and regulations to be sold by specified standard weight or measure, a period has, as already mentioned, been allowed to enable traders to bring the goods into line with the regulations. The regulations applying to the sale of coal, coke, and firewood are the same as before, excepting that coal sold by retail must now be in quantities of 1 cwt. or If cwt (viz., twelve bags to the ton) or multiples thereof : these are the usual quantities in which coal is sold. Provision is made, however, for the sale of quantities less than 1 cwt. if sold and delivered to the purchaser on the premises of the seller : this will permit of the sale of coal by Is. or 2s. worth to any person, a practice that already exists-in many towns. Last year the British Parliament also passed legislation requiring the correct weight or measure of articles of food sold by retail to be given. Hitherto, with the exception of several articles of food such as bread, tea, &c., and also coal, which were provided for by war legislation, the law in Britain has not made it an offence to sell short weight or measure. The new Sale of Pood (Weights and Measures) Act, 1926, requires the correct weight or measure of various articles of food to be given, but, except in respect to prepacked articles of food, applies only to retail dealings. NIGHT BAKING. The question of the abolition of night work in the bakery trade has received much attention during recent years in many countries. In New Zealand the hours of employees in bakehouses are at present fixed by awards of, the Court of Arbitration under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the commencing-hour in the principal centres being 4 a.m., except that 3 a.m. may be the starting-hour where employers have country deliveries. Any work performed earlier than the above hours must be paid for at double ordinary-time rate of wages. In towns having a population of less than 1,500 persons the hours of work may be fixed by the employers according to the requirements of their particular businesses. The Act does not give jurisdiction, however, to control the hours at which the proprietors themselves may work, and the operatives' unions contend that, on account of competition between the proprietors who employ labour and those who perform their own work, the law should cover both employers and workers, and so enable more satisfactory hours of employment to be fixed. This would necessitate special legislation. There is serious conflict of opinion, too, on the general question, employers on the one hand contending that the prohibition of night baking would interfere with the present method of delivering bread on the same day that it is baked, while on the other hand it is contended by the operatives' unions that it is unnecessary to commence work before 6 a.m., and that night work is prejudical to the health of the workers. The New South Wales Parliament passed a Day Baking Act last year prohibiting any person exercising or employed in the calling or trade of a baker from making or baking for sale any bread between the hours of 6 o'clock in the evening and 5.30 in the morning of the following day. The manufacture of pastry is also prohibited between those hours. LEAD POISONING. This question has received further attention during the year. The regulations issued in August, 1925, for the protection of persons employed in lead processes (in factories) and in the use of lead paints have worked smoothly, and are reported to be generally observed. In conjunction with officers of the Health Department, inspections have been made of all premises where lead processes are carried on. The premises used are on the whole satisfactory and well lighted and ventilated. The machines used for grinding and mixing lead products are of modern type, and are constructed so as to be practically dust-proof. Inspections have been made from time to time of stocks of paint held by dealers, in order to ascertain that all paints in receptacles containing more than 5 per cent, of soluble lead are properly labelled as required by the regulations. The practice of sandpapering painted surfaces, known as " dry rubbing-down," is now abolished. 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the adoption of regulations governing the use of such apparatus for the present, as occupiers have already taken special precautionary measures. Instructions dealing with the methods to be adopted to remove dust or vapour arising have, however, been issued to all Inspectors. The safeguard is found to be best secured by using a spray booth or compartment in which the operator works. Exhaust fans are also necessary to remove the solid particles or vapour to the outside air. Proper provision should also be made for the storage of paints and pyroxylin finishes in a building separate from that in which the work is carried on. A Lead Paint (Protection against Poisoning) Act was passed last year by the British Parliament. The measure provided for the making of regulations similar to those in New Zealand. It is of interest to note that the British Parliament has not ratified the Geneva Convention of 1921 which proposed the ultimate prohibition of the use of lead paints for interior work. It might be mentioned that Lord Burnham, who presided over the International Labour Conference in 1921, stated during the discussion of the Bill in the British House of Lords that the question at the Geneva Conference became a contest between the lead-producing and lead-using countries and the zinc-producing and zinc-using countries. The question of prohibiting the use of white-lead has apparently not made headway in other countries during the year. In the previous two annual reports of this Department it was stated that endeavours were being made by means of tests instituted by the Department in New Zealand to discover whether there were any substitutes for carbonate of lead that might be regarded as non-poisonous. The latest inspection of the cottages on which the tests were carried out showed the condition of the materials applied to the walls to be as follows :—

These tests were instituted for the express purpose of testing the values of the two kinds of paint. The houses which were painted adjoined one another. As shown above, the latest inspection discloses that the white-lead is proving more durable than the zinc compound. Indeed, in the case of the cottage painted solely with zinc compound the indications, after three years, are that for all practical purposes the paint is of no further utility as a protection against the climatic conditions. TAILORING TRADE REGULATIONS. During the year only two complaints were received that the regulations were not being complied with. In one case it was found that no breach had occurred, while in the other sufficient evidence could not be obtained to warrant a prosecution. While the general opinion of many concerned is that the regulations have had the desired effect of preventing the misuse of such expressions as " tailor-made " and " hand-made " when applied to garments that are made to measure, a number of those engaged in the order-tailoring trade contend that a good deal of misrepresentation to the public still takes place inasmuch as the regulations do not apply to ready-to-wear garments described as tailor-made or hand-made. They therefore urge the extension of the regulations to the latter classes of goods. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE. The reports issued by the International Labour Office during the years 1926-27 give the following information : — The International Labour Conference held its eighth session at Geneva from the 26th May to the sth June, 1926, and the ninth session from the 7th to the 24th June. The agenda of the eighth session was a short one, and related to the inspection of emigrants on board ship. The ninth session, in June, 1926, was entirely devoted to questions affecting the employment of seamen. The two subjects dealt with were the international codification of rules relating to seamen's articles of agreement, and the inspection of conditions of work of seamen. A draft convention was passed on the first question, and two recommendations were adopted in connection with the second subject. The 10th session of the International Labour Conference was to open in Geneva on the 25th May, 1927. The following questions were placed by the governing body on the agenda of the conference : (1) Sickness insurance in employment ; (2) freedom of association ; (3) minimum wage-fixing machinery in trades in which organization of employers and workers is defective and where wages are exceptionally low, with special reference to home working trades.

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Condition. =T e Painted with iSSSmSI No ' Jane, 1926 March, 1927 Painting. (end of fifteen months). (end of three years). | i I £ 9. d. ] Three coats white-lead (carbonate of lead) | Good, but slightly inclined Paint is chalking, but is 13 1 3 to rub off not cracked or peeling ; colour good 2 One coat zinc compound upon two coats Good .. .. Paint cracking and colour 15 8 0 carbonate of lead fading 3 Three coats zinc compound .. ., Good .. .. Very bad condition; paint lfi 1 10 cracked badly'and peeling off, colour fading

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STAFF NOTES. The staff of the Department now totals 136, and is composed as follows: Head Office—-Adminis-trative, 5 ; clerical, 17. District offices —Inspection, 64 ; clerical, 43. Conciliation Commissioners, 2 ; Court of Arbitration (members and staff), 5. In addition, some 180 other persons, mostly officers of other Departments, give part-time services as agents in small towns. The Inspectors include experts in scaffolding-erection and building-construction, in the manufacture and use of weights and measures and mechanical appliances as used in factories, and also in the composition of footwear. EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR, Salaries, temporary clerical assistance, allowance to officers performing higher duties, and £ allowance to police and other officers acting as departmental agents .. . . . . 37,489 Advertising and publications .. .. .. . . .. . . . . 583 Fares, board and lodging, &c., advanced to persons proceeding to employment (see refunds below) .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . . . . 324 Fees paid to assessors of Industrial Councils .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,439 Legal and witnesses' expenses (see refunds, below) .. . . .. . . .. 117 Postage, telegrams, telephones, and rent of letter-boxes .. .. .. .. 2,080 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,467 Purchase of standard weights and measures .. .. .. .. .. .. 200 Office requisites, fuel and lighting . . .. .. .. . . . . .. 854 Rent and rates on office accommodation .. . . . . . . . . .. 1,169 Travelling allowances and expenses of Inspectors, members of Court of Arbitration, Conciliation Commissioners, assessors on Conciliation Councils, &c., bicycles, motor-cycles, and motorcars, and maintenance thereof .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,150 Upkeep of departmental residence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Miscellaneous expenditure— £ Arbitration Court and Conciliation Councils .. .. .. .. 31 General . . .. . . .. . . .. .. .. 266 — 297 57,183 Less refunds— Fares .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 334 Legal and witnesses' expenses . . .. .. . . 69 Sale of publications .. .. . . .. .. . . .. 178 Travelling-expenses recovered from defendants in cases taken by Department and from persons to whom weights and measures services were rendered 529 From Government Statistician, for services of officers .. .. ..210 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 Freight recovered from persons to whom weights and measures services were rendered .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 — 1,457 £55,726 The above figures do not include a number of items for which provision for payment is made elsewhere than in the Department's vote—viz., salaries of Judge and members of Court of Arbitration (£3.500), messenger services, cleaning, &c.

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APPENDIX. RETURN PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 OF THE INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT, 1925, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF AFFILIATED UNIONS IN EACH INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION AND THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EACH INDUSTRIAL UNION REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1926.

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<*- O -o . Tti Name. Registered Office. as's I I 1041 New Zealand Coach and Motor Body George Dash (Limited), Waimate (Secretary, Vivian 5 Builders Grant, Box 978, Christchurch) 526 New Zealand Federated Builders and Con- Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. .. 11 tractors 1253 New Zealand Federated Ironmasters .. National Mutual Buildings, Customhouse Quay, Wellington 4 1043 New Zealand Federated Newspaper Pro- Nathan's Buildings, Grey Street, Wellington .. .. 4 prietors 893 New Zealand Federation of Master Plumbers Bank of New Zealand Chambers, 79-81 Manners Street, C Wellington 1036 New Zealand Flour, Oatmeal, and Pearl- Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 2 barley Millers 1003 New Zealand Furniture Trades .. 12 Rew's Chambers, Queen Street, Auckland .. .. 5 724 New Zealand Master Printers .. 1 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 13 1260 New Zealand Nurserymen and Landscape 16 Aratonga Avenue, One Tree Hill, Auckland .. 4 Gardeners 1248 New Zealand Waterside Employers' Asso- X Store, Queen's Wharf, Wellington .. .. 8 eiation 832 New Zealand Wholesale Clothing Manu- 58 Jervois Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 4 facturers — Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of associations, 11 66

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'O'O • u co m Name. Registered Office. •§;§•- P »-- > 1225 Federated Cooks and Stewards of New 25 Panama Street, Wellington (Box 1146) .. . . 2 Zealand 487 Merchant Service Guild of New Zealand . . 153-155 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. 2 855 New Zealand Amalgamated Society of Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 27 Carpenters and Joiners ( J25 New Zealand Council of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, 194 Gloucester Street, Cliristchurch .. 9 Engineering and Allied Trades 1201 New Zealand Federated Bakers', Pastry- 2 Tabernacle Buildings, Newton, Auckland .. .. 5 cooks', and Related Trades Employees 561 New Zealand Federated Boilermakers, Iron Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 3 and Steel Ship Builders 53 New Zealand Federated Boot Trade .. Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 6 796 New Zealand Federated Bricklayers .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 4 124 New Zealand Federated Clothing Trade 2tj Dowling Street, Dunedin . . .. .. 6 Employees 473 New Zealand Federated Coach workers and 178 Symonds Street, Auckland .. .. .. 4 Wheelwrights 824 New Zealand Federated Drivers and Related 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. .. 10 Trades G77 New Zealand Federated Engine-drivers, Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 5 River Engineers, Greasers, and Firemen 1002 New Zealand Federated Flour-mill Em- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 5 ployees 772 New Zealand Federated Furniture Trade .. Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 4 729 New Zealand Federated Hotel and Restau- 80 Manners Street, Wellington .. .. .. 8 rant Employees 275 New Zealand Federated Moulders . . 67 Valley Road, Caversham, Dunedin .. .. * 4 567 New Zealand Federated Painters and Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 11 Decorators 786 New Zealand Federated Plumbers and 5 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 6 Gasfitters 836 New Zealand Federated Sawmills and Joyce's Buildings, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. 0 Timber-yards and Coal-yards Employees 1218 New Zealand Federated Shop-assistants .. Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 12 756 New Zealand Federated Stonemasons .. Edendale Road, Edendale, Auckland .. .. 4 1238 New Zealand Federated Storemen and 95 Rattray Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 9 Packers 869 New Zealand Federated Theatrical or Stage Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 5 Employees 579 New Zealand Federated Tramway Em- 7 Courtenay Place, Wellington .. .. .. 8 ployees 543 New Zealand Federated Typographical .. 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 4 912 New Zealand Federated Woollen - mills 30 Aurora Street, Petone .. .. .. .. 5 Employees 1132 New Zealand Freezing-works and Related 7 Trades Hall, Gloucester Street, Christchurch .. 7 Trades 1226 New Zealand Gardeners and Related Trades Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 2 866 New Zealand Journalists .. 9 Colwill Buildings, 11 Swanson Street, Auckland .. 4 1195 New Zealand Performing Musicians .. 3 Trades Hall, Gloucester Street, Christchurch .. 4 1117 New Zealand Related Printing Trades .. 31 Dunoan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 6 559 New Zealand Waterside Workers' F'edera- 80 Manners Street, Wellington .. 27 tion — Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of associations, 32 224

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I •** ° i Name. Registered Office. ' i la Northern (Auckland) Industrial District, 348 Auckland and Suburban General Carriers Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. 30 and Coal-merchants 164 Auckland Builders and Contractors .. 114-115 Victoria Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland 140 162 Auckland Clothing-manufacturers .. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland . . 28 741 Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company Endean's Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland .. . . 1 (Limited) 911 Auckland Furniture and Furnishing .. 12 Rew's Chambers, Auckland .. .. .. 47 181 Auckland Grocers* .. .. .. Pukemiro Chambers, Anzac Avenue, Auckland .. 112 472 Auckland Guild of Master Painters .. Employers'Association Rooms, Empire Buildings, Swan- 57 son Street, Auckland 1252 Auckland Ironmasters .. .. .. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland.. .. 37 736 Auckland Licensed Victuallers' Association 308 New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, 160 Auckland 330 Auckland Master Bakers .. .. Pukemiro Chambers, Anzac Avenue, Auckland .. 104 1074 Auckland Master Farriers .. 9 Belgium Street, Auckland .. .. . . 8 571 Auckland Master Plumbers .. .. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland.. .. 61 539 Auckland Master Printers and Allied Trades 39 Endean's Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland . 41 122 Auckland Master Tailors .. .. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland . 35 .1257 Auckland Nurserymen and Landscape 7 Cameron Street, Devonport, Auckland .. . . 8 Gardeners 504 Auckland Provincial Coachbuilders and Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland . 22 Wheelwrights 464 Auckland Provincial Master Butchers .. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland . 77 1070 Auckland Provincial Newspaper-proprietors New Zealand Herald Office, Queen Street, Auckland . * 14 783 Auckland Restaurateurs .. .. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland . 17 1011 Auckland Retail Drapers, Milliners, Mercers, Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. 89 and Clothiers 148 Auckland Sawmillers and Woodware-manu- Fanshawe Street, Auckland .. .. .. II facturers 1241 Auckland Waterside Employers' Union . • Waterside Central Pay Office, Quay Street, Auckland . . II 1135 Auckland Wholesale Grocery and Tobacco National Bank Chambers, Shortland Street, Auckland .. 20 Merchants 342 Devonport Steam Ferry Company (Limited) Ferry Buildings, Quay Street East, Auckland .. 1 370 Gisborne Builders and Contractors .. McKee's Buildings, 113 Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. 29 979 Gisborne Master Printers and Bookbinders McKee's Buildings, 113 Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. 4 1025 Gisborne Master Tailors .. .. Peel Street, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 7 1281 Hamilton Master Butchers .. .. Marlboro' Place, Victoria Street, Hamilton .. .. 16 1020 Julian, J. T., and Son (Limited) .. Cook Street, Auckland .. .. .. , . 1 326 Northern Steamship Company (Limited).. Quay Street, Auckland .. .. .. I 750 Poverty Bay and East Coast Sheepowners New Zealand Insurance Company's Buildings, Childers 201 Road, Gisborne 838 Poverty Bay Master Butchers .. .. Peel Street, Gisborne .. .. .. . 10 864 Poverty Bay Master Farriers and Black- Waerengaahika .. .. .. .. . . 8 smiths 1027 South Auckland District Coachbuilders, 1 Collingwood Street, Hamilton .. .. . 28 Blacksmiths, and Farriers 163 Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) .. .. Ferry Buildings, Quay Street, Auckland .. . . 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 35 1,437 Wellington Industrial District. 142 Ballinger, Thomas, and Co. (Limited) .. 58-62 Victoria Street, Wellington .. .. .. t 1 420 Hawke's Bay Builders and Contractors .. Herschell Street, Napier .. .. .. .. j 40 743 Hawke's Bay Sheepowners .. . Herschell Street, Napier .. .. .. .. 346 901 Manawatu Master Bakers .. .. 47a Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 8 520 Mills, E. W., and Co. (Limited) .. .. Jervois Quay, Wellington .. .. .. .. I 6 New Zealand Boot-manufacturers'Associa- National Mutual Buildings, Customhouse Quay, Wei- 37 tion lington 1019 Niven, Jas. J., and Co. (Limited) .. 152-172 Wakefield Street, Wellington .. .. 1 1243 Palmerston North Hairdressers and To- The Square, Palmerston North .. .. .. 13 bacconists 517 Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Courtenay Place, Wellington .. .. .. 1 Company (Limited) 418 Wanganui Builders and Contractors .. Leonard's Buildings, Ridgway Street, Wanganui . . 43 1014 Wanganui Furniture Manufacturers and 125 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui .. .. . . 4 Dealers 484 Wanganui Master Painters .. .. Avenue, Wanganui .. .. .. .. 20 1274 Wanganui District Master Plumbers .. 16 Wicksteed Place, Wanganui .. .. .. 14 1245 Wanganui Waterside Employers' Union .. 16 Wicksteed Place, Wanganui .. .. .. 10 101 Wellington Builders and Contractors .. 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 126 815 Wellington Clothing-manufacturers .. 58 Jervois Quay, Wellington .. 9 1054 Wellington Coach and Motor-vehicle Trades 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington . . .. . . 23 1105 Wellington Engineers, Metal-workers, and 111 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. . . 24 Iron and Brass Founders 1022 Wellington Furniture and Furnishing Trade 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 33 * Cancelled 23/6/27.

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te* \ ti I Name. Registered Office. ! g "" ; 0 g g* WELLINGTON INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Continued, 1118 Wellington General Carriers and Custom- 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. ; 112 house and Forwarding Agents 1123 Wellington Grooers .. .. .. 12 Panama Street, Wellington .. .. .. 49 106 Wellington Master Bakers .. .. 173 Cuba Street, Wellington .. .. .. 33 131 Wellington Master Painters .. .. 338 Tinakori Road, Wellington .. .. .. 103 886 Wellington Master Plumbers .. .. Bank of New Zealand Chambers, 79-81 Manners Street, 41 Wellington 644 Wellington Master Printers, Lithographers, 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 33 and Bookbinders 948 Wellington Newspaper Proprietors .. Dominion Office, Dominion Avenue, Wellington .. 12 1255 Wellington Nurserymen and Landscape 33!) Albert Street, Palmerston North .. .. 14 Gardeners 1197 Wellington Soft-goods Manufacturers .. ] 95 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. .. 1 1239 Wellington Waterside Employers'Union X Store, Queen's Wharf, Wellington .. .. 12 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 29 1,164 Canterbury Industrial District. 113 Builders and Contractors' Association of 95 Gloucester Street, Christchureh .. .. .. 110 Canterbury 986 Canterbury Blacksmiths, Farriers, and 161 Stafford Street, Timaru .. . . .. 33 Coachbuilders 430 Canterbury Butchers .. .. .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurcli 90 32"! Canterbury Employers of Drivers .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchureh 19 1015 Canterbury Flour, Oatmeal, and Pearl- Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurcli 16 barley Millers 459 Canterbury Licensed Victuallers .. 77 Hereford Street, Christchureh .. .. .. 130 297 Canterbury Master Bakers .. .. Employers' Association Rooms, Oxford Terrace, Christ- 38 church 094 Canterbury Master Printers .. .. Art Gallery, Armagh Street, Christchureh .. .. 14 298 Canterbury Motor - body and Carriage C/o Brabiners Limited, Fitzgerald Avenue, Christ- 14 Builders church 914 Canterbury Newspaper-proprietors .. Christchureh Press Co. (Limited) Office, Cathedral Square, 6 Christchureh 305 Canterbury Sawmillers .. .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchureh 10 395 Canterbury Sheepowners .. 90 Hereford Street, Christchureh .. .. .. 796 452 Canterbury Tanners, Fellmongers, and Wool- Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 11 scourers 831 Christchureh Clothing-manufacturers .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 8 1247 Christchureh Engineers, Metal-workers, and Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 12 Iron and Brass Founders 141 Christchurch Furniture-makers .. .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 21 1069 Christchurch Hairdressers and Tobacconists 213 Manchester Street, Christchurch .. .. 53 894 Christchurch Master Plumbers .. .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 44 125 Christchureh Master Tailors .. .. Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christchurch 24 1234 Christchureh Soft-goods Manufacturers .. 17 Avalon Street, Richmond, Christchurch .. .. 9 1244 Lyttelton Waterside Employers' Union .. Coronation Hall, Lyttelton .. .. .. .. 15 362 South Canterbury Master Bakers .. 205 Stafford Street, Timaru .. .. .. 8 379 South Canterbury Tlireshing-mill Owners Arcade Chambers, Timaru . . .. .. .. 21 1072 Timaru Master Printers and Bookbinders Beswick Street, Timaru . . .. .. .. 9 757 Timaru Painters .. .. . . Herbert's Buildings, 85 Stafford Street, Timaru .. 8 1240 Timaru Waterside Employers' Union .. Hay's Buildings, Timaru .. .. .. .. 10 519 Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited) .. Ill Cashel Street, Christchurch .. .. .. 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 27 1,530 Otago and Southland Industrial District. 306 Dunedin and Suburban General Carriers 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 43 and Coal-merchants 891 Dunedin and Suburban Master Butchers .. Joel's Buildings, 21 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. 35 1280 Dunedin and Suburban Pork-butchcrs .. 139 Stuart Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 5 337 Dunedin Builders and Contractors .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 130 822 Dunedin Clothing-manufacturers .. 20 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 7 1087 Dunedin Engineers, Metal-workers, and Zealandia Chambers, Dowling Street, Dunedin (Box 123) 27 Iron and Brass Founders 1010 Dunedin Flour, Oatmeal, and Pearl-barley Corner Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, Christ- 7 Millers church 1004 Dunedin Furniture and Furnishing Trade 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 6 189 Dunedin Master Bakers .. 193 Princes Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 47 313 Dunedin Master Tailors .. 150 Rattray Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 20 807 Dunedin Plumbers .. .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 26 1268 Dunedin Tobacconists .. .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 7 875 Invercargill Plumbers .. .. . . Arcade, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 13 560 Invercargill and Suburban Master Butchers The Crescent, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 15 318 Otago and Southland Gold-mining .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 6 936 Otago and Southland Newspaper-proprietors Evening Star Company (Limited) Office, Dunedin .. 7

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° 2 Name. Registered Office. M g Otago and Southland Industrial District—continued. 1254 Otago and Southland Nurserymen and O/o Mr. J. H. Seidelin, Byron Street, Mornington, Dunedin 7 Landscape Gardeners 440 Otago and Southland Sheepowners .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin . . .. .. 185 1116 Otago and Southland Tanners .. .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 5 1242 Otago and Southland Waterside Em- 11 Crawford Street, Dunedin (Box 589) .. .. 13 ployers' Union 1033 Otago Coaehbuilders, Blacksmiths, and 1 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. . . 9 Farriers 302 Otago Grocers .. .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. . . . . 83 325 Otago Master Printers, Lithographers, and I Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 33 Bookbinders 343 Otago Painters .. .. 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin . . . . 39 406 Southland Builders and Contractors . . Arcade, Invercargill .. .. . . . . 45 778 Southland Coaehbuilders and Blacksmiths 102 Don Street, Invercargill .. .. .. 8 664 Southland Grocers .. .. .. The Crescent, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 29 137 Union Steamship Company of New Zealand Water Street, Dunedin .. . . .. . . 1 (Limited) 88 Westport Coal Company (Limited) .. 31 Water Street, Dunedin .. . . .. . . 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 29 859 Taranaki Industrial District. 1272 New Plymouth General Carriers and Ons- 113 Currie Street, New Plymouth .. .. .. 4 tomhouse and Forwarding Agents 1276 New Plymouth Waterside Employers' Union St. Aubyn Street, New Plymouth .. .. .. 7 605 Taranaki Dairying and Farming .. Broadway, North Stratford.. .. .. .. 62 516 j Taranaki Licensed Victuallers .. .. 10 Devon Street, New Plymouth .. .. .. 11 204 | Taranaki Master Builders .. .. C/o Boon Bros. (Limited), Gover Street, New 14 Plymouth 861 Taranaki Master Printers, Lithographers, 74 Brougham Street, New Plymouth .. .. 14 and Bookbinders 447 Taranaki Master Tailors .. .. 210 Devon Street, New Plymouth .. .. .. 18 1229 Taranaki Provincial Retail Grocers .. Commercial Bank Buildings, Devon Street, New Plymouth 43 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 8 173 Marlborough Industrial District. 443 Marlborough Sheepowners .. .. Queen Street, Blenheim .. .. .. .. 70 1279 Picton Waterside Employers'Union .. H. Rhind's Office, High Street, Picton .. .. 7 Totals .. .. J .. .. .. Number of unions, 2 77 Nelson Industrial District. 1182 Nelson Grocers ,. .. .. National Bank Chambers, Trafalgar Street, Nelson .. 10 856 Nelson Master Printers, Lithographers, and Hare's Building, 71 Bridge Street, Nelson .. .. 22 Bookbinders 774 Nelson Master Tailors .. .. .. Dees and Son's Buildings, Trafalgar Street, Nelson .. 10 1283 Nelson Waterside Employers' Union .. Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company (Limited) Build- 6 ing, Wakefield Quay, Port Nelson Totals .. .. .. .. . . Number of unions, 4 48 Westland Industrial District. 1277 Greymouth Waterside Employers' Union .. Union Steamship Company's Office, Mackay Street, 7 Greymouth 177 Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited) Bridge Street, Reefton .. .. .. .. 1 721 Westland Licensed Victuallers .. .. Uddsham Buildings, Mackay Street, Greymouth .. 49 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 3 57 Grand totals .. .. .. Industrial unions of employers, 137' 5,345

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Northern (Auckland) Industrial District. 1070 Auckland Abattoir Assistants and Freezing Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. | 176 works Employees 1029 Auckland Aerated-water, Condiment, Pre- 178 Symonds Street, Auckland .. .. .. 59 serve, Biscuit, Confectionery, and Drug Factories Employees 825 Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies' 19 Tabernacle Buildings, Karangahape Road, Auckland 1,105 Labourers and Related Trades 190 Auckland Beamsmen's .. .. 7 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 16 923 Auckland Biograph Operators .. 22 Mozley Avenue, Devonport, Auckland .. ,. 47 "1046 Auckland Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 1,370 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 1078 Auckland Branch of the Amalgamated 15 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 921 Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics, Brassfinishers, Tinsmiths, I and Sheet-metal Workers) i 612 Auckland Brewers, Wine and Spirit Mer- I 178 Symonds Street, Auckland .. .. .. 110 chants' Employees | 340 Auokland Brick and Pottery and Clay Workers 4 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. 205 576 Auckland Bricklayers .. .. 10 H.B. Buildings, Newton, Auckland .. .. 203 1235 Auckland Brush and Broom Trade Workers 7 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. ]2 871 Auckland Builders', General, and other 3 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 1,320 . Labourers 152 Auckland Butchers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 385 284 Auckland Certificated Engine-drivers, River 8 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 165 Engineers, and Marino Engine-drivers 1125 Auokland City Cleaners, Caretakers, and 4 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 105 Liftmen Auckland City Female Bookbinders, Rulers, 178 Symonds Street, Auckland .. .. .. 90 Envelope-makers, and Printers' Feeders 502 Auckland Coach and Car Builders .. 178 Symonds Street, Auckland .. .. .. 60 444 Auokland Coopers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 17 —-1073 Auckland Creameries and Cheese and 2 Tabernacle Buildings, Newton, Auckland .. .. 416 Butter Factories Employees 155 Auckland Curriers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 21 720 Auckland Cutters, Trimmers, Pressers, and 11 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. . ■ 95 other Clothing Employees 753 Auokland Dairy Employees .. 4 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 142 596 Auckland District Boilermakers, Iron-ship 14 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. . • 155 Workers, and Bridge-builders 662 Auckland Electrical Trades .. 26 H.B. Buildings, Karangahape Road, Auckland .. 732 620 Auckland Farriers and General Blacksmiths 7 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 28 393 Auokland Federated Cooks and Stewards . . Sanford's Buildings, Customs Street West, Auckland .. 92 1297 Auckland Federated Seamen .. 1 Gladstone Buildings, Quay Street, Auckland .. 1,122 508 Auokland Fellmongers, Tanners, Soap- Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 120 workers, and General Tannery Employees 921 Auckland Fire Brigades Employees .. 2 Tabernacle Buildings, Newton, Auckland .. • • 36 381 Auckland Fish-trade Employees (other than 23 Torrance Street, Epsom, Auckland .. .. 62 Fishermen) 1129 Auckland Front - of - house Employees in 9 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 100 Theatres, Picture-shows, and Houses of Entertainment 1161 Auokland Gas Company's Clerical and 4 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 110 Showrooms Employees tyf 314 Auckland Grocers'Assistants .. .. National Chambers, 22 Swanson Street, Auckland .. 509 A 422 Auckland Gum-workers .. 7 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 48 Auckland Hairdressers'Assistants .. 10 H.B. Buildings, Newton, Auckland .. .. Ill —688 Auckland Hotel and Restaurant Employees Pacific Buildings, Wellesley Street, Auckland .. .. 2,760 149 Auckland Iron and Brass Moulders .. 14 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. 156 853 Auckland Journalists .. .. .. Colwill Buildings, 11 Swanson Street, Auckland .. 63 978 Auckland Manufacturing Jewellers, Watch 178 Symonds Street, Auokland .. .. .. 25 and Clock Makers and Kindred Trades 708 Auckland Merchant Service Guild .. Quay Buildings, Quay Street, Auckland .. ... 97 — 240 Auckland Drivers and Related Trades .. 13 Trades Hail, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 451 1088 Auckland Municipal Tramways and Omni- 18 Tabernacle Buildings, Karangahape Road, Auckland 1,051 bus Employees* 474 Auckland Operative Bakers' and Pastry- 2 Tabernacle Buildings, Auckland .. .. .. 274 cooks' and Related Trades Employees 59 Auckland Operative Bootmakers .. 55 Wellpark Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland .. . . 361 635 Auckland Operative Plasterers .. 4 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 150 108 Auckland Painters, Decorators, and Lead- Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. . ■ 507 light Workers ■*806 Auckland Performing Musicians .. 18 Maidstone Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland .. . . 275 654 Auckland Plumbers and Gasfitters .. 5 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 381 VJ.096 Auckland Related Printing Trades (other 1 Arthur Street, Ellerslie, Auckland .. .. ■ . 225 than Typographers) \ "SI082 Auckland Retail Chemists'Employees .. 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® CO No!' Name. Registered Office. Jj-g j3 § ! ! Northern (Auckland) Industrial District—continued. /f ✓'1100 Auckland Retail Shop-assistants in the National Chambers, 22 Swanson Street, Auckland .. 557 Boot, Hardware, Crockery, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Furniture, and Soft-goods Trades 1246 Auckland Rope and Twine Workers .. 3 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 72 150 Auckland Saddlers, Harness-makers, Collar- Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 56 makers, Bag-makers, and Bridle-cutters Society 494 Auckland Ship, Yacht, and Boat Builders 8 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 90 715 Auckland Stage Employees .. .. Rockfield Road, Ellerslie, Auckland .. .. .. 64 580 Auckland Stonemasons and Monumental Edendale Road, Edendale, Auckland .. .. 94 Workers / 73 Auckland Tailoresses and other Female 15 Tabernacle Buildings, Karangahape Road, Auckland 1,420 Clothing Trade Employees ✓ 67 Auckland Tailors .. .. .. 11 Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 172 830 Auckland Tallymen's .. .. 1 Quay Street, Auckland .. .. .. .. 144 248 Auckland Timber-workers .. ... Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 512 Auckland Typographical .. 34 Great South Road, Remuera, Auckland .. .. 323 183 Auckland United Flour-mill Employees .. 2 Tabernacle Buildings, Auckland .. .. .. 67 910 Auckland United Furniture Trades .. 10 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 598 1101 Auckland United Storemen (other than Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 375 Employees in Bottling-stores) 1144 Auckland Waterside Foremen and Time- Police and Customs Buildings, Queen's Wharf, Auckland 15 keepers 933 Auckland Waterside Workers .. .. Waterside Workers' Waiting-room, 2 Quay Street East, 1,378 Auckland 1168 Birkenhead Sugar-works Employees .. 7 Gladstone Road, Northcote, Auckland .. .. 197 1130 Devonport Ferry and Takapuna Tramways 8 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 56 and Ferry Companies' Employees 759 Gisborne and East Coast Shearers and Wool- 257 Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. .. 249 shed Employees —-373 Gisborne Branch of the Amalgamated Liberty Hall, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 74 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 1031 Gisborne Branch of the Amalgamated Liberty Hall, Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. 24 Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics) V "<i99 Gisborne Drivers and Related Trades .. Liberty Hall, Gladstone Road, Gisborne . . .. 65 r- —■(#275 Gisborne Grocers and other Shop Assistants 2 Lyndhurst Street, Gisborne .. .. .. 41 643 Gisborne Painters, Decorators, and Lead- Liberty Hall, Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. 38 ■ light Workers 661 Gisborne Printing and Related Trades .. Liberty Hall, Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. 30 602 Gisborne Waterside Workers . . .. Waterside Workers' Shed, Read's Quay, Gisborne .. 170 ~-798 Hamilton Branch of the Amalgamated 59 Collingwood Street, Hamilton .. .. .. 40 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 1024 Kaipara Waterside Workers .. .. Aratapu .. .. .. .. .. .. 49 1282 Northern Coal-mine Workers .. .. Joseph Street, Pukemiro, via Huntly .. .. 1,025 779 Ohinemuri Branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Union Hall, Seddon Street, Waihi .. .. 58 Engineering Union (including Electricians and Motor Mechanics) 863 j Ohinemuri Mines and Batteries Employees Seddon Street, Waihi .. .. .. .. ?02 I (other than Engineers, Engine-drivers, and Firemen) Onehunga Branch of the Amalgamated Friendly Societies'Hall, Grey Street, Onehunga .. l?4 — Society of Carpenters and Joiners 940 Onehunga Waterside Workers .. .. Waterside Workers' Shed, Onehunga Wharf .. . . 60 1155 Onehunga Woollen-mills Employees .. St. Leonards, 97 Grey Street East, Onehunga.. .. 76 *M>17 Otahuhu Branch of the Amalgamated So- Luke Street, Otahuhu .. .. .. . . 65 — ciety of Carpenters and Joiners 1288 Otahuhu Chemical Manure Workers .. Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland .. .. 70 777 Poverty Bay and East Coast Builders', Con- Liberty Hall, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 127 — tractors', and General Labourers 431 Poverty Bay Freezing-works and Related Liberty Hall, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 505 Trades Employees 837 South Auckland Engine-drivers, Winders, St. John's Schoolroom, Waihi .. .. .. 46 Motormen, and Firemen 1269 Te Papapa Chemical Manure Workers .. 38 Willow Street, Onehunga .. .. .. 87 771 Thames Branch of the Amalgamated Engi- Protestant Alliance Hall, Mary Street, Thames .. 68 neering Union (including Brassfinishers) 16 Thames Miners .. .. .. Queen Street, Thames .. .. .. .. 221 1056 Waihi Borough Labourers .. .. Miners' Union Hall, Seddon Street, Waihi .. .. 14 1109 Waikato District Coal-mine Underground Pukemiro .. .. .. .. .. 26 Officials 877 Waikato District Engine-drivers, Firemen, Rotowaro .. .. .. .. .. 23 and Fitters (in coal-mines) 1202 Whakatane Waterside Workers .. .. County Council Chambers, Whakatane .. .. 16 1049 Whangarei Branch of the Amalgamated Harris's Rooms, Cameron Street, Whangarei .. .. 66 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 1188 Whangarei Waterside Workers .. .. Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. 15 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 98 27,286

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i "Srf M Name. Registered Office. rj QJ _J ; gS Wellington Industrial District. 710 Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Aitken Street, Wellington .. .. .. .. 9,005 of New Zealand 1217 Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners'Asso- 23 Bowen Street, Wellington .. .. .. 2,075 I ciation 212 I Federated Cooks and Stewards of New Zea- 25 Panama Street, Wellington .. .. .. 869 land "1107 | Hawke's Bay Branch of the Amalgamated w 3 Bryant's Buildings, Tennyson Street, Napier .. 352 Society of Carpenters and Joiners j 1224 Hawke's Bay Builders and General ! Labour Party's Rooms, Begley's Buildings, Warren 180 Labourers Street, Hastings *375 Hawke's Bay Drivers and Related Trades Roskilda, Taradale, Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 142 650 Hawke's Bay Fishermen's and Fish-shed 3 Nelson Quay, Port Ahuriri .. .. .. 27 Employees T267 Hutt Valley Branch of the Amalgamated Labour Hall, Jackson Street, Petone.. .. .. 160 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 4278 Kilbirnie Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 135 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 1302 Longburn Freezing-works' Labourers .. I 15 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 31 1304 Longburn Slaughtermen .. .. ! 15 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 21 540 Manawatu Flax-mills Employees .. j 41 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 593 «804 Masterton Branch of the Amalgamated So- Trades Hall, Queen Street, Masterton .. .. 79 eiety of Carpenters and Joiners 775 Napier Gas Employees .. .. j 48 Ossian Street, Port Ahuriri .. .. .. 20 237 Napier Painters and Decorators.. .. 235a Hastings Street, Napier .. .. .. 90 S 1264 Napier Retail Shop Assistants, other than I 29 Faraday Street, Napier .. .. .. .. 31 Grocers, Butchers, Chemists, Hairdressers and Tobacconists Assistants, : 973 Napier Tramway Employees .. .. j Tramway Depot, Faraday Street, Napier .. .. 25 389 Napier Waterside Workers .. .. Lucknow Street. Port Ahuriri .. .. . . 294 1291 Napier Wholesale Merchants' Employees Trades Hall, Market Street, Napier .. .. .. 33 (other than Drivers and Clerks) 764 Napier Wool and Grain Store Employees 112 Vigor Brown Street, Port Ahuriri, Napier .. 204 and Wholesale Merchants' Storemen 1273 North Wellington Timber-yards and Saw- Ashwells' Buildings, Seddon Street, Raetihi .. .. 106 mills 1303 Oroua County Freezing-works and Related Feilding .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 Trades Employees Palmerston North Branch of the Amalga- 41 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 29 mated Society of Carpenters and Joiners 210 Palmerston North Painters and Decorators 41 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 38 769 Petone (Wellington) Woollen - mills Em- 30 Aurora Street, Petone .. .. .. .. 135 ployees Vti South Wellington Branch of the Amalga- St. Thomas's Schoolroom, Riddiford Street, Newtown, | 35 mated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Wellington Ni72 Wanganui Branch of the Amalgamated 46 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui .. .. .. 260 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 768 Wanganui Branch of the Amalgamated 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui .. .. 19 Society of Engineers (including Motor Mechanics) 1057 Wanganui Bricklayers .. .. .. Perrett's Buildings, Maria Place, Wanganui .. . . 34 1294 Wanganui Builders and General Labourers 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui .. .. 130 •* V730 Wanganui Drivers and Related Trades .. 46 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui .. .. . . 80 682 Wanganui Gasworks Employees.. .. 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui .. .. 31 1173 Wanganui Municipal Labourers.. .. 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui .. .. 200 748 Wanganui Municipal Tramways and Omni- 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui . . .. 75 bus Employees 1285 Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric-power Board 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui . . 16 Employees 258 Wanganui Society of Painters and Decorators. 46 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui .. .. .. 69 1215 Wanganui Theatre Employees .. 12 Mathieson Street, Wanganui .. .. .. 15 685 Wanganui Waterside Workers .. .. Wharf Waiting-room, Wanganui .. .. .. 174 1066 Wellington Amalgamated Engineering Uniar Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 438 (including Brass-finishers, Coppersmiths, Motor Mechanics, and Tinplate and Sheetmetal Workers) 129 Wellington Amalgamated Society of Painters Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 500 and Decorators and Leadlight Workers N, 813 Wellington Amalgamated Society of Shop- Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 520 assistants in the Boot, Hardware, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Furniture, and Soft-goods Trades —52 Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 812 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 991 Wellington Brewers, Bottlers, Bottle- Trades Council Chambers, Wellington .. .. 48 ' washers, and Aerated-water Employees (other than-Storemen and Drivers) 1192 Wellington Brick, Clay, and Pottery Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 75 Workers 528 Wellington Bricklayers .. 28 Kauri Street, Eastbourne, Wellington .. .. 76 1077 Wellington Builders'and General Labourers Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 1,075 1102 Wellington City Gasworks Employees .. 80 Manners Street, Wellington .. .. .. 92 1134 Wellington City Ships'Tally Clerks .. 15 Yale Road, Wellington .. .. .. .. 108 1204 Wellington City Tramwpys and Power- 7 Courtenay Place, Wellington .. .. ., 696 houses Employees' and Municipal Omnibus Drivers

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® 2 ! Name. Registered Office. |j g S 4> ! Wellington Industrial District —continued. 173 Wellington Coachworkers .. .. I 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 35 Wellington Creameries, Cheese, Butter i 177 Main Street, Pahiatua .. .. .. .. 250 Factories and Dairy Employees v -966 Wellington Dairy Employees .. .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 66 8 Wellington District Hotel, Club, and 80 Manners Street, Wellington .. .. .. 1,795 Restaurant Workers zl9 Wellington Drivers and Related Trades .. 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. .. 609 611 Wellington Electrical Workers .. .. Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 405 76 Wellington Federated Furniture Trade .. Trades 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. . . 480 t474 Wellington Female Printers'Assistants .. 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 110 1079 Wellington Freezing-works and Related Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 2,486 Trades Employees y 915 Wellington Hairdressers', Hairworkers', and 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 70 7 Wigmakers' Assistants 97 Wellington Iron and Brass Moulders .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 42 1023 Wellington Journalists .. 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 57 482 Wellington Merchant Service Guild .. 153-155 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. 279 930 Wellington Metal-workers' Assistants .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 302 1 Wellington Operative Bakers and Pastry- No. 1 Room, Wood's Buildings, Waterloo Quay, 268 cooks and Bakers and Pastrycooks' Wellington Labourers t/14 Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Society Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 229 ■Xl34 Wellington Operative Butchers .. .. Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 462 808 Wellington Performing Musicians .. 39 Courtenay Place, Wellington .. .. .. 189 200 Wellington Plasterers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 102 69 Wellington Plumbers and Gasfitters .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 321T212 Wellington Related Printing Trades (other 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 314 than Female Assistants, Journalists, and r / Typographers) / 234 Wellington Retail Grocers'Assistants .. Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 645 167 Wellington Saddlers, Harness-makers, Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. ... 31 Collar-makers, Bridle-makers, Leatherbag Makers, and Canvas Workers 627 Wellington Shearers .. .. .. 3 Terrace Street, Aramoho, Wanganui .. .. 1,125 1262 Wellington Shipwrights and Boatbuilders.. Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 39 242 Wellington Stationary, Traction, and Loco- Trades Hall, 126 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 149 motive Engine Drivers, and their Assistants 638 Wellington Stonemasons .. .. Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 10 773 Wellington Storemen and Packers (other Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 460 than in Retail Shops) and Warehouse Emv ployees (other than Drivers and Clerks) "405 Wellington Tailoresses, Cutters, Pressers, 147 Cuba Street, Wellington .. .. .. 450 and other Clothing-trade Employees (except Tailors) v 2 Wellington Tailors .. .. .. Trades Hall, Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. 200 705 Wellington Theatrical Employees .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 160 220 Wellington Timber-yards and Sawmills .. Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 178 —15 Wellington Typographical .. 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 450 19 Wellington United Boilermakers, Iron and Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. 117 Steel Ship and Bridge Builders 932 Wellington Waterside Workers .. .. 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. .. 1,870 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 84 35,038 Canterbury Industrial District. *1172 Ashburton Branch of the Amalgamated Burnett Street, Ashburton .. .. .. .. 25 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 463 Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 876 Labourers 787 Canterbury Bakers and Pastrycooks' Em- Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 196 ployees 566 Canterbury Bricklayers .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. j 76 726 Canterbury Brick, Pottery, Pipe, Tile, and Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. ., 97 Clay Workers 176 Canterbury Builders'and General Labourers, Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 1,211 Quarry-workers, and Wool and Grain Store Employees 48 Canterbury Carpenters and Joiners .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 140 263 Canterbury Coaohbuilders .. .. 19 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. . . 130 194 Canterbury Curriers .. .. .. Druids' Hall, Woolston, Christchurch .. . . 15 Canterbury Dairymen's Employees .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 35 VJ281 Canterbury Drivers and Related Trades.. 15 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. . . 800 747 Canterbury Freezing-works and Related 7 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 1,848 Trades Employees 274 Canterbury Grocers' Assistants .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. j 166 v -652 Canterbury Hotel and Restaurant Em- Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. i 1,498 ployees 288 Canterbury Shearers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 963 268 Canterbury Timber-yards, Sawmills, and 15 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 246 Coal-yards Employees'

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O co Name. Registered Office. S5 S Canterbury Industrial District —-continued. 140 Canterbury Traction and Stationary Engine 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. I 108 Drivers and Fireman 266 Canterbury Woollen-mills Employees .. Oddfellows' Lodge-room, Hilton Street, Kaiapoi .. 270 549 Christchurch Aerated-water Workers and Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 48 other Bottlers v 20 Christchurch Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 889 Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Joiners' Machinists, and Shipwrights 1061 Christchurch Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Christchurch ... .. .. .. 999 Engineering and Allied Trades 550 Christchurch Brewers, Maltsters, and Re- Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 159 lated Trades 1064 Christchurch Brush and Broom Trade .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 53 1139 Christchurch Clerks, Cashiers, and Office Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 2 Employees —il50 Christchurch Dress and Mantle Makers .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 190 1083 Christchurch Federated Furniture Trades 10 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. 339 300 Christchurch Gardeners .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 59 ,573 Christchurch Gasworks Employees .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. 98 Christchurch Hairdressers and Tobacconists' 10 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 47 Assistants 107 Christchurch Iron and Brass Moulders .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 112 857 Christchurch Journalists .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 84 1000 Christchurch Manufacturing Jewellers, 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 12 Watch and Clock Makers, and Kindred Trades \. 35 Christchurch Operative Bootmakers'Society Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 345 '193 Christchurch Operative Butchers .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 166 385 j Christchurch Operative Stonemasons .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. • • 28 81 Christchurch Painters .. .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 277 809 Christchurch Performing Musicians .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. ■. 160 1126 Christchurch Picture-theatre Employees 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 75 and Front-of-house Employees in other Theatres 123 Christchurch Plasterers .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 105 38 Christchurch Plumbers and Gasfitters .. 3 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 148 *4147 Christchurch Printing Trades .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 460 ?916 Christchurch Retail Shop-assistants (other Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. • ■ 234 than Grocers, Tobacconists, and Hairdressers' Assistants) 1201 Christchurch Rope, Twine, and Flock Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 44 Makers 223 Christchurch Saddlers, Harness and Collar Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. • • 38 Makers 5 Christchurch Stage Employees .. 9 Hulbert Street, Linwood, Christchurch .. .. 51 11 Christchurch Tailoresses, Cutters, Pressers, Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 451 and other Clothing-trade Employees 105 Christchurch Tailoring Trade .. .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 360 547 Christchurch Tramway Employees .. Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 510 1169 Christchurch Tramway Officials .. .. Tramway Inspectors' Office, Cathedral Square, Christ'ch 13 1095 Christchurch Wholesale Merchants' Em- 10 Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. 208 ployees (other than Drivers and Clerks) 1127 Lyttelton Branch of the Amalgamated 60 Hastings Street, Sydenham, Christchurch .. .. 23 Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Joiners' Machinists, and Shipwrights 1152 Lyttelton Ships'Tally Clerks .. .. Base of No. 3 Wharf, Lyttelton .. .. .. 61 938 Lyttelton Waterside Workers .. .. Coronation Hall, Lyttelton .. .. .. .. 672 Nl099 Rangiora Branch of the Amalgamated Templar Hall, Rangiora .. .. .. . . 16 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 692 South Canterbury Timber-yards, Sawmills, Y.M.C.A. Rooms, Timaru .. .. .. .. 20 and Coal-yards Employees *"737 Timaru Branch of the Amalgamated Society 29 High Street, Timaru .. .. .. .. 92 of Carpenters and Joiners, Joiners' Machinists, and Shipwrights 1035 Timaru Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 81 Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics) 386 Timaru Carpenters .. .. .. Y.M.C.A. Rooms, Timaru .. • .. .. .. 39 481 Timaru Society of Painters and Decorators Y.M.C.A. Rooms, Timaru .. .. .. .. 30 1180 Timaru United Millers and Flour-mill Em- 80 High Street, Timaru .. .. .. .. 43 ployees 902 Timaru Wharf Labourers .. .. Strathallan Hall, Timaru .. .. .. .. 130 372 United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. .. 75 Builders of Canterbury 174 United Millers, Engine-drivers, and Mill Trades Hall, Christchurch .. .. .. ... 27 Employees' Society of Canterbury 327 Waimate Workers .. .. .. Foresters' Hall, Waimate .. .. .. .. 48 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 64 16,821

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Name. Registered Office. Ja|j 8 § Otago and Southland Industrial Distkict. v 758 Bluff Waterside .. .. .. Wharf Waiting-room, Bluff .. .. .. 262 \ 895 Dunedin Amalgamated Society of Shop- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 365 assistants (other than Grocers, Butchers, Chemists, Tobacconists, and Hairdressers' Assistants) 1153 Dunedin Amalgamated Warehousemen .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 34 776 Dunedin and Mosgiel Woollen-mills Em- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. ... .. 633 ployees 1028 Dunedin and Port Chalmers United Ship- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 30 Wrights 1112 Dunedin and Suburban Boot-repairers .. Trades Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin .. .. .. 20 892 Dunedin and Suburban General Electrical Trades Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin .. .. .. 130 . Wo'rkers *221 Dunedin and Suburban Operative Butchers Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 120 903 Dunedin and Suburban Operative Licensed Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 20 Drainers 89 Dunedin Bakers and Pastrycooks .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 124 1142 Dunedin Biscuit and Confectionery Manu- 95 Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 155 facturing Employees 1081 Dunedin Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin .. .. .. 396 Engineering Union and Allied Trades 873 Dunedin Brewers, Bottlers, Bottle-washers, Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 40 and Aerated Waters 1186 Dunedin Brickmakers, Potterymakers, Tile- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 18 makers, and Sanitary-pipe Makers 1080 Dunedin Brush and Broom Trade .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 25 703 Dunedin Canister-workers .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 18 1094 Dunedin City Corporation Tramway Officials Electric-car Depot, Market Street, Dunedin .. .. 25 84 Dunedin Federated Furniture Trades .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. ., no 1298 Dunedin Federated Seamen .. 1 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 443 1012 Dunedin Felt-hatters .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 19 1131 Dunedin Fire Brigades Employees .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 22 1060 Dunedin Gardeners and Forest Labourers Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. ,, .. 45 854 Dunedin Journalists .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. ... .. 61 '. 1196 Dunedin Manufacturing Chemists' Em- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 28 ployees 45 Dunedin Operative Bootmakers .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 182 71 Dunedin Operative Stonemasons .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 15 93 Dunedin Painters .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 1561158 Dunedin Paper-mills Employees.. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 120 770 Dunedin Performing Musicians .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 81 Dunedin Pressers, Cutters, and other Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 52 - Clothing-factory Operatives 647 Dunedin Printers' Machinists, Bookbinders, Trades Hall, Dunedin (Secretary, Robert Ferguson, 245 Lithographers, and Belated Trades 754 George Street) 1098 Dunedin Retail Chemists' Assistants .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 18 1038 Dunedin Rope and Twine Spinners .. Trades Hall, Dunedin ., .. .. .. 28 711 Dunedin Stage Employees .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 37 """58 Dunedin Tailoresses and other Female 26 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 882 Clothing-trade Employees 942 Dunedin Theatrical and Shows Employees Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 26 (other than Stage Hands) 99 Dunedin United Plumbers and Gasfitters.. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 72 ~ 935 Dunedin Waterside Workers .. .. Rattray Street Wharf, Dunedin .. .. .. 345 1165 Dunedin Wax-vesta Employees .. .. 26 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 37 1179 Dunedin Wholesale Storemen's .. .. 95 Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 452 996 Green Island Coal-miners .. .. Fairfield, Dunedin.. .. ... .. .. 29 1140 Green Island Iron-rolling Mills Employees Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 22 9 Invercargill Bootmakers .. .. Labour Rooms, Esk Street, Invercargill .. . . 19 731 Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Labour Hall, Esk Street, Invercargill .. .. 80. Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics, Electricians, and other Electrical Workers) ' s *?92 Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 402 Society of Carpenters and Joiners V1167 Invercargill Retail Grocers' Assistants .. Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 102 ><•1159 Invercargill Retail Soft-goods Employees.. 62 Esk Street, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 18 1249 Invercargill Tanners and Fellmongers .. William Street, Collingwood, Southland .. .. 48 848 Invercargill Tramways .. 63 Melbourne Street North, Invercargill .. .. 53 80 Iron and Brass Moulders' Union of New Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. ,. 184 Zealand 1181 Kaikorai Cable Tramway Employees .. Conductors' Room, Dunedin and Kaikorai Tram Com- 39 pany's Power-house, Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin 829 Kaitangata Coal-miners .. .. Water Street, Kaitangata .. .. .. .. 240 1293 Oamaru Branch of the Amalgamated Room at rear of Everybody's Theatre, Severn Street, 68 Society of Carpenters and Joiners Oamaru 1059 Oamaru Flour-mills Employees .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 32 v, 1287 Oamaru General and Local Bodies' Labourers 81 Hull Street, Oamaru .. .. .. .. 42 >1160 Oamaru Grocers' Assistants .. 43 Lune Street, Oamaru .. .. .. ,. 17 1037 Oamaru Painters .. .. .. Druids' Hall, Oamaru .. .. .. .. 21 945 Oamaru Waterside Workers .. .. Waiting-shed, Waterfront, Oamaru .. .. .. 77 1085 Oamaru Woollen-mill Employees .. Weaver Street, Oamaru .. .. .. .. 116

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o | Name. Registered Office JSg 9 ® _ I s Otaqo and Southland Industrial District —continued. 1296 Ohai District Colliery Engine-drivers and [ Ohai Public Hall, Ohai .. .. .. .. 32 Firemen 1290 Ohai District Underviewers,] Deputies, and Public Hall, Ohai .. .. .. .. .. 23 Shotfirers 876 Otago and Southland Farriers .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 18 599 Otago and Southland Freezing-works and Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 716 Related Trades Employees 1133 Otago and Southland Harvest Hands, 95 Rattray Street, Dunedin.. .. .. .. 254 Threshing - mill, and Chaffcutter Em- . ployees T575 Otago and Southland Hotel, Restaurant, Trades Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin .. .. .. 552 and Boardinghouse Employees 1176 Otago and Southland Lime, Cement, Phos- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. • .. 120 phate, and Marl Employees Otago and Southland Operative Tailors Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 148 and Shop Tailoresses 182 Otago and Southland Saddle-makers, Har- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 24 ness-makers, Collar-makers, Bag-makers, Cover-makers, and Bridle-cutters 398 Otago and Southland Shearers .. 95 Rattray Street, Dunedin.. .. .. .. 374 1138 Otago and Southland Shepherds, Musterers, 95 Rattray Street, Dunedin.. .. .. .. 107 and Drovers 267 Otago Box-workers .. .. 26 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 60 78 Otago Branch of the Amalgamated Society Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 597 of Carpenters and Joiners 246 Otago Bricklayers .. .. .. 108 Glen Road, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 50 205 Otago Coachworkers aud Wheelwrights .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 30 119 Otago Drivers and Related Trades .. 1 95 Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 569 506 Otago Engine - drivers, Firemen, and Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 88 Greasers 166 Otago Flour-mills Employees .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 14 507 Otago General Labourers, Builders' La- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 700 bourers, Quarrymen, and Coal-yard Employees \4j17 Otago Grocers' Assistants .. .. Trades Hall, Moray Place, Dunedin .. .. .. 58 . 578 Otago Hairdressers' and Tobacconists As- Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 44 sistants 197 Otago Metal-workers' Assistants . . Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 270 216 Otago Operative Plasterers .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 52 252 Otago Timber-yards and Sawmills .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 105 Otago Typographical .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin (Secretary, R. Ferguson, 754 120 George Street) 956 Port Chalmers Waterside Workers .. Cross Wharf, Port Chalmers .. .. .. 229 1233 Pukeuri Freezing-workers .. . . Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham's Boardinghouse, Pukeuri .. 146 1289 Shag Point Coal-mine Workers .. .. Union Office, Shag Point .. .. .. .. 38 *■-089 Southland and Otago Cheese and Butter 62 Esk Street, Invercargill ... .. .. .. 275 Factories Employees (other than Managers) »33 Southland and Otago Cheese-factory Man- 62 Esk Street, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 72 agers v. 411 Southland Federated Furniture Trades .. Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 60 1295 Southland Hotel and Restaurant Workers Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 120 1039 Southland Milk-condensing Factories Em- P.O. Box 314, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 43 ployees 225 Southland Operative Butchers .. .. Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 46 784 Southland Painters .. .. .. Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 59 834 Southland Plumbers, Gasfitters, Tinsmiths, Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill .. .. 52 and Sheet-metal Workers 245 Southland Timber-yards and Sawmills .. 62 Esk Street, Invercargill .. .. .. .. 1,050 v 315 Southland Typographical .. .. Labour Office, Esk Street, Invercargill .. .. 34 1251 Taratu Coal-mine Employees .. .. Kaitangata, Otago .. .. .. .. 31 102 United Boilermakers and Iron-ship Builders Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 73 of Otago 927 Waronui Coal-miners .. .. .. Milton, Otago .. .. .. .. .. 21 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 100 14,974 Taranaki Industrial District. Hawera Branch of the Amalgamated So- Foresters' Hall, Hawera .. .. .. ., 6 cierty of Carpenters and Joiners "&05 New Plymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Workers' Social Hall, Courtenay Street, New Plymouth 104 Society of Carpenters and Joiners 811 New Plymouth General Labourers .. Workers' Hall, Courtenay Street, New Plymouth .. 158 1214 New Plymouth Hotel and Restaurant Em- Workers' Social Hall, New Plymouth .. .. 161 ployees 1068 New Plymouth Tramways Employees .. Darnell Street, Fitzroy, New Plymouth . 36 1200 New Plymouth United Storemen and Workers'Social Hall, New Plymouth .. . . 25 Packers (other than Employees in Grocery Establishments) 934 New Plymouth Waterside Workers . . Workers' Social Hall, New Plymouth .. ., 200 * 818 Stratford Branch of the Amalgamated So- Ariel Street South, Stratford .. .. .. 14 ciety of Carpenters and Joiners "■ 1286 Taranaki Creameries, Cheese, Butter Fac- Workers' Social Hall, Courtenay Street,New Plymouth .. 430 I tories, and Dairy Employees

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°E Name. Registered Office. □ !i ; Taranaki Industrial District —continued. 1151 Taranaki Drivers and Related Trades .. Workers' Social Hall, New Plymouth .. .. 67 908 Taranaki Operative Bakers and Pastrycooks Workers' Social Hall, New Plymouth .. .. 26 208 Taraiaki Operative Bootmakers .. Workers'Social Hall, Courtenay Street, New Plymouth.. 7 —1185 Taranaki Operative Butchers .. .. Workers' Social Hall, New Plymouth .. .. 27 1113 Waitara Freezing-works Employees .. West Quay, Waitara .. .. .. .. 227 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 14 1,488 Marlborough Industrial District. 1223 Blenheim Motor-vehicle, Horse-drivers, 62 Maxwell Road, Blenheim .. .. .. 36 and Stable Attendants 1163 Blenheim United Storemen (other than em- 10 Carvell Street, Blenheim .. .. .. 30 ployees in Retail Grocery and Soft-goods Establishments) 401 Marlborough Building Trades .. .. United Eriendly Societies Hall, Blenheim .. .. 61. 1143 Marlborough Farm and Station Employees Loloma Rooms, Blenheim .. .. .. .. 58 (other than Shearers and Shed Hands) 707 Marlborough Freezing-works Employees .. Foresters' Hall, Picton .. . . .. .. 91 1271 Marlborough Hotel, Private Hotel, Club, C/o Mrs. Vance, Francis Street, Blenheim .. .. 65 and Restaurant Workers 615 Marlborough Shearers .. .. .. Loloma Rooms, Blenheim .. . . .. .. 132 975 Pioton Waterside Workers .. .. Waiting-room, Wharf Head, Pieton .. .. .. 60 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 8 533 Nelson Industrial District. 1145 Golden Bay Cement Company's Employees West Side, Tarakohe-Wainui Road, Tarakohe .. 75 \ *' "1178 Nelson Amalgamated Society of Shop- Opie's Rooms, Bridge Street, Nelson.. .. .. 42 assistants Ijjfc1572 Nelson Branch of the Amalgamated Society Hare's Rooms, Bridge Street, Nelson .. .. 98 of Carpenters and Joiners 1166 Nelson Branch of the Amalgamated Engi- Orange Hall, Collingwood Street, Nelson .. .. 46 neering Union and Allied Trades 1199 Nelson Brewers, Maltsters, Bottlers, Bottle- Hare's Rooms, Bridge Street, Nelson.. .. .. 20 washers, and Aerated-water T265 Nelson Hotel, Private Hotel, Club, and Opie's Rooms, 71 Bridge Street, Nelson .. .. 64 Restaurant Workers 448 Nelson Labourers .. .. .. Orange Hall, Collingwood Street, Nelson .. .. 30 1146 Nelson Motor-car and Horse Drivers .. Hare's Rooms, Bridge Street, Nelson .. .. 43 445 Nelson Painters .. .. .. Stallard's Rooms, Hardy Street, Nelson .. .. 25 564 Nelson Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Sheet- Stallard's Rooms, Hardy Street, Nelson .. .. 17 metal Workers ™ B70 Nelson Typographical .. .. .. Old Dresden Rooms, Nelson .. .. .. 8 949 Nelson Waterside Workers .. 7 North Esk Street, Nelson .. .. .. 89 1299 Puponga Coal - miners and Coal - mine Puponga .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Labourers Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 13 571 1 Westland Industrial District. 1030 | Grey and Buller Coal-mines Deputies and j Main'Road, Blackball .. .. .. .. I 55 Underviewers 1301 Greymouth Plumbers and Gasfitters .. Joyce's Buildings, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. 8 -*■ —E250 Greymouth Printing Trades .. .. Joyce's Buildings, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. 21 952 Greymouth Waterside Workers .. .. Waterside Workers' Hall, Richmond Quay, Greymouth 170 82 Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners .. Bridge Street, Reefton .. .. .. .. 402 1042 Millerton and Granity Engine-drivers, Fire- Torea Street, Granity .. .. .. .. 41 men, Brakesmen, Bricklayers, Blacksmiths, Carpenters, and Fitters 858 Westland Branch of the Amalgamated Engi- Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 70 neering and Allied Trades " 1292 Westland Drivers and Related Trades .. Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 30 ■—1228 Westland Hotel, Restaurant, and Boarding- Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 243 house Employees yl64 Westland Retail Shop-assistants in the Soft- Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 153 goods, Faney-goods, Furniture, Stationery, Hardware, Chemists, Tobacconists, Grocers, Boot, and Butchers' Trades "" 754 Westland Tailoring Trade and other 10 Puketahi Street, Greymouth .. .. .. 24 Branches of the Clothing Trade 1111 Westland Timber-yards and Sawmills .. Joyce's Buildings, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. 1,587 690 Westport General Labourers and Mechanics 29 Russell Street, Westport .. .. .. 50 959 Westport Waterside Workers .. .. Domett Street, Westport .. .. .. .. 102 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 14 2,956 Grand totals .. .. .. Industrial unions of workers, 395 99,667

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The undermentioned unions have failed to send in their annual returns, or have sent in invalid returns, and inquiry is being made as to their position. There is reason to believe that most of them are now defunct:— Northern Industrial District. Industrial Unions of Employers. The Gisborne Master Plumbers' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 865, situated at Gisborne. The South Auckland District Master Printers', Lithographers', and Bookbinders' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 984., situated at .Hamilton. Industrial Unions of Workers. The Auckland Chemical Manure and Acid Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1258, situated at Auckland. The Gisborne Performing Musicians' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1232, situated at Gisborne. The Russell Waterside Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1190, situated at Russell. The Tokomaru Bay Waterside Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1263, situated at Tokomaru Bay. Wellington Industrial District. Industrial Unions of Employers. The Napier Master Printers', Lithographers', and Bookbinders' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 890, situated at Napier. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Bacon and Meat-packing Company, Ltd., Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 522, situated at Wellington. Industrial Unions of Workers. The Masterton Amalgamated Society of Painters' and Decorators' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 992, situated at Masterton. *The Wanganui Operative Butchers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 439, situated at Wanganui. The Wellington Biograph Operators' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1071, situated at Wellington. Canterbury Industrial District. Industrial Union of Employers. The Canterbury Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 1256, situated at Christchurch. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Industrial Union of Employers. The Southland Master Tailors' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 332, situated at Invercargill. Industrial Unions of Workers. The Dunedin Paint and Varnish Factory Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1236, situated at Dunedin. The Otago and Southland Agricultural, Dairying, Fruit, and Pastoral Farm Assistants' Industrial Union of Workers (other than Musterers, Packers, Drovers, Harvest Hands, Threshing-mill and Chaflcutter Employees, Shepherds, and Shearers), registered number 1266, situated at Allanton. Taranaki Industrial District. Industrial Unions of Workers. The New Plymouth Grocers' Assistants' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1122, situated at New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Timber-yards and Sawmills Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 982, situated at New Plymouth. Nelson Industrial District. Industrial Union of Workers. The Nelson Tailors' and Tailoresses' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 762, situated at Nelson. Westland Industrial District. Industrial Union of Employers. The Greymouth Motor-taxis Industrial Union of Employers, registered .number 1259, situated at Greymouth.

* Cancelled 12/5/27.

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