DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR (REPORT OF THE)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1946 Session I, H-11

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1946 NEW ZEALAND

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR (REPORT OF THE)

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

The Hon. the Minister of Labour to His Excellency the Governor-General. Wellington, 30th July, 1946. I have the honour to submit to Your Excellency the report of the Department of Labour for the year ended 31st March, 1946. Jas. O'Brien, For Minister of Labour. His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand.

The Acting-Secretary, Department of Labour, to the Hon. the Minister of Labour. Sir, — Department of Labour, Wellington, 30th July, 1946. I have the honour to present herewith the fifty-fifth 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, 1945, to 31st March, 1946. I have, &c, E. B. Taylor, Acting-Secretary of Labour. The Hon. the Minister of Labour.

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EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES Mention was made in the last annual report of a slight upward tendency in the number of workers employed in factories. This upward tendency has continued in the case of male employees, but there has been a reduction in the number of female employees. An acute shortage of female labour is now reported in practically all districts, while juvenile labour is also in short supply. In an effort to overcome the shortage of female labour a number of firms carrying on business in the main centres have opened branch factories in country districts or small towns. This applies chiefly in the clothing and the boot trades. In addition, men have been engaged in some cases to perform work previously done exclusively by women. There has been an increase in the number of factories manufacturing plastic goods.

Overtime The extent to which overtime has been worked by women and boys employed in factory industries is disclosed by the following table :

Prior approval of the Inspector is required for the working of overtime by women and boys, and any such extension of hours is limited normally to 3 hours in any day, 2 consecutive days in any week, and 90 hours in any year (120 hours in exceptional cases arising from unforeseen circumstances). Up to 31st December, 1945, Inspectors, pursuant to a resolution of the Industrial Emergency Council, permitted overtime in excess of the statutory limits. In accordance with the practice adopted during previous years, frequent inspections were made to determine that the health of the workers involved was not adversely affected. The reduction in overtime worked by women and boys in factories was due to some extent to a reduction in the number of women in factories and a consequent reduction in the number available for overtime work. To a lesser extent the position was affected by a discontinuance of certain contracts consequent upon the cessation of hostilities. FACTORIES ACT Number of Factories and Factory Workers For the registration year 1945-46 the number of factories registered was 17,289 (previous year, 16,537 ; increase, 752). In these factories there were employed 15,899 working occupiers, 88,190 male employees, and 37,663 female employees, a total of 141,752 workers (previous year : 15,114 working occupiers, 84,444 male employees, and 39,042 female employees, a total of 138,600 workers). There is no marked variation in the numbers of workers employed in any particular trade, although in the aggregate the number of male employees increased by 3,746 and the number of female employees decreased by 1,379. These figures are those ascertained at registration time — e.g., April, 1945 —though factories registered subsequently have been added and those known to be closed excluded. Accidents in Factories Preliminary figures for the 1945 year show a total of 6,143 (5,849 males and 294 females) reported accidents in factories (previous year, 6,582 ; decrease, 439). Details axe—Age : under 16, 63 ; 16-20, 923 ; 21-24, 806 ; 25-34, 1,809; 35-44, 1,337 ; 45-54, 714; 55 and over, 459 ; not stated, 32. Disability: fatal, 12 ; permanent partial, 106; temporary, 6,025. Causes: fixed machinery, 970; vehicles, 60; explosions and fires, 175 ; poisonous and corrosive substances, 157 ; electricity, 10 ; falls of persons, 507 ; stepping on or striking against fixed objects, 331 ; falling or otherwise moving objects, 147 ; falls of earth, 2 ; handling of objects 2,184; hand tools, 1,247 ; miscellaneous, 353. Time lost: 111,786 days (previous year, 122,529 days). Compensation paid: £93,966 2s.

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Number of Excess Hours worked Year. Total Hours. : Number of Persons working Hours in Excess of Legal Maximum. by Persons referred to in Preceding Column. 1939 .. 950,140 1940 .. 1,241,807 . . 1941 .. 1,413,157 1942 .. 1,549,635 3,936 (i.e., 3,902 women and 34 boys) 235,212 1943 .. 1,776,462 5,025 (i.e., 4,983 women and 42 boys) 455,934 1944 .. 1,786,359 4,250 (i.e., 4,288 women and 22 boys) 392,493 1945 .. 1,529,704 2,694 (i.e., 2,672 women and 22 boys) 207,421

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The following particulars are given of the fatal accidents that occurred during the 1945 year : While an employee was standing on a plank whitewashing a ceiling in a brewery his jacket caught in some projecting studs on a revolving pulley. A worker in a cement-works who had entered a mix bin to pick down the cement mix from the sides of the bin was suffocated by a fall of material. A timber-worker was ripping a length of timber on a circular saw when a piece of the timber flew off the saw and struck him on the forehead, causing injuries to which he later succumbed. While making adjustments to a heating burner operated in connection with a hot-mix bitumen plant a worker sustained burns to his face, neck, and arms. He died a week later. A worker was employed in coating by hand a piece of canvas with rubber dough when a flash occurred and the rubber on his hands ignited. He died from heart failure caused by shock. A worker who was moving bags of ammonia sulphate stacked in a dye-house climbed on to the top of the stack, and a loose pullover he was wearing caught in a revolving shaft. A youth employed in an engineering-shop was electrocuted as a result of his grasping an electric-light bulb suspended on a long lead above a planing-machine. His thumb came into contact with the screw-base of the bulb, which was apparently defective in some way and had not been fully screwed into the socket. A fireman-shunter employed in a cement-works went between an engine and a truck either to couple the engine to the truck or to remove the coupling-bar and was crushed between the engine and truck. A worker in a freezing-works used a goods lift, the inner gate of which had been removed for repairs, to transport some timber from the ground floor to the second floor. The timber, which was being held up by the worker, slipped and, falling across his shoulder, projected over the side of the lift. As the lift ascended, the projecting ends caught the steel bar across the lift-well just below the first floor and the timber was forced down across the worker's chest. A worker in the coopering department at a freezing-works was ripping staves on a circular saw when a piece of the wood was thrown back from the saw and struck him on the face. He died in hospital two and a half weeks later from tetanus and pneumonia. A worker on the first floor of a factory was using a block and tackle to lower an empty crate to the ground floor, 16ft. below, when he overbalanced and fell. A kiln boiler attendant received fatal burns when the fire which he had just finished stoking blew back on him. Inspections During the year 7,338 visits of inspection were made, 928 breaches of the Act being found. Prosecutions were instituted in 18 cases and warnings given in 591. No action was considered necessary in the remaining cases. In addition, complaints were received respecting 415 alleged breaches of the Act, which, on investigation, resulted in 8 prosecutions and 277 warnings. In 64 cases it was found that no breach had been committed. Convictions were secured in all of the 26 prosecutions. The fines totalled £57 2s. There were 671 requisitions served to comply with various requirements of the Act, such as for safeguards for workers employed on machinery, &c, sanitation, fire-escapes, dust-extraction, renovations and structural alterations, heating-appliances, lighting, ventilation, spray-booths for duco work, lime-washing, first-aid appliances, dining-room accommodation, and the provision of drinking-water. Boys and Girls in Factories In December, 1944, the provisions of the Factories Act, 1921-22, relating to the employment in factories of boys and girls under sixteen years of age were brought into line with the requirements of the Education (School Age) Regulations 1943 (Serial number 1943/202). The law now provides that a boy or girl under fifteen years of age shall not be employed except in special cases authorized in writing by the Inspector of

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Factories, who shall not give any such authorization except in the case of a "boy or girl over fourteen years of age who is exempted under the Education Act, 1914, from the obligation to be enrolled as a pupil at any school. During the year, 56 certificates of fitness were granted to boys and girls of the ages of fourteen years and under fifteen years. Thirty-one of these certificates were issued to boys and 25 to girls (previous year : boys, 175 ; girls, 161 ; total, 336). In each case a certificate of exemption from attendance at school in terms of the Education (School Age) Regulations 1943 had been issued by the local Education Board. This certificate was not required in all cases in 1944-45, as a general exemption from enrolment as pupils of a school was granted under section 4 of the same regulations to all children who had attained the age of fourteen years on the Ist February, 1944. Of the 1,766 certificates issued to persons of the ages of fifteen years and under sixteen years, 888 were granted to boys and 878 to girls, compared with 706 to boys and 507 to girls the previous year. The number of certificates issued during recent years has been :

Industrial Hygiene and other Problems arising out oe Industrial Processes Heating. —There is still considerable room for improvement in the heating of many factories. Because of shortages of coal and electric power some difficulty is still being experienced in securing full compliance with the standard previously adopted by the Department. The matter is one, however, to which Inspectors have continued to give as much attention as possible. Ventilation. —To bring conditions in many factories up to a satisfactory standard, major alterations are necessary. Supply and power difficulties are, however, still retarding some improvements. Welfare. —This is a matter to which increasing attention is being given, particularly in factories in which large female staffs are employed. At quite a number of such establishments industrial nurses are now employed. Conditions in Foundries. —The review of foundries which was referred to in last year's report has been completed and suitable action taken by the Department to obtain compliance with the several requirements of the Moulder's award (1944 Book of Awards 449). In some cases it was found practically impossible to effect the necessary improvements in the existing premises. In such cases steps are being taken to erect new premises or to make additions which will comply with the requirements of the Department. Although the shortage of building-material is a retarding factor, many improvements in conditions in foundries have already been effected, and it. is anticipated that improvements will shortly be completed in many additional cases. Details which give some idea of the activities of the Department in this connection are as follows : (a) Number of foundries inspected .. .. .. .. ..11l (b) Number of foundries where improvements were called for by letter following inspection .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 47 (c) Number of foundries which were served with a requisition calling for improvements .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 (d) Number of foundries where no action was taken because of the probable early reconstruction of the premises .. .. .. .. 20

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Year. Boys. Girls. Total. 1938-39 1,830 2,320 4,150 1939-40 2,139 2,407 4,546 1940-41 2,119 2,080 4,199 1941-42 .. 2,153 2,145 4,298 1942-43 1,706 1,557 3,263 1943-44 1,480 1,465 2,945 1944-45 881 668 1,549 1945-46 919 903 1,822

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(e) Number of foundries which were satisfactory and where no action was necessary .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 18 (/) Number of foundries at which improvements called for by the Department have been completed . . . . . . .. .. .. 28 Lead Poisonitig. —Two cases were reported during the year —both workers being •engaged in battery-manufacture. They received hospital treatment and upon discharge ■did not return to their former employment. It is not considered that the poisoning was due to any particular hazard in either of the factories concerned. In another instance the owner of a factory, upon the advice of the Department, suspended the operation of a lead process until he was in a position to provide proper facilities and suitable protective measures for the workers engaged therein. Amendment of the Factories Act, 1921-22 The Factories Amendment Act, 1945, had the effect of reducing to 40 hours a week .and 8 hours a day the maximum ordinary working-hours for any factory employee. The amendment also requires overtime payment for work performed on Saturday where the ordinary hours were reduced by the amendment from 44 to 40 and where work was not regularly performed on seven days of the week. All awards and industrial agreements are to be read subject to the amendment, but no reduction in working-hours is "to have the effect of reducing the rates of wages payable under an award or industrial agreement to any worker whose weekly hours have been reduced to 40 by the operation •of the amendment. In addition, the Court of Arbitration is given power, in its •discretion, to adjust the rates of wages and overtime conditions of such workers for the purpose of removing any anomalies or inequities or relieving any hardship on such workers due to such reduction in hours, having regard to — (a) Any particular conditions or circumstances affecting the industry or industries in which such workers are employed as compared with other industries in which the limits of ordinary working-hours have long since been reduced to 40 ; and (b) Any other relevant circumstances. The amendment further provides that officers of the Health Department in all matters relating to the health of factory workers have the same powers of entry and inspection of factory premises as are given by the Factories Act to Inspectors of Factories. If any officer of the Health Department considers that any matter affecting the health of factory workers should be remedied but has not been as a result of •co-operation between the Departments of Health and Labour, he is required to report the matter to the Head of the Health Department, who may then report it to the Secretary of Labour. SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT During the year, 9,569 inspections were made, disclosing 434 breaches of the Act. In addition, investigations were made into 301 complaints received in respect of alleged breaches. Of these, 81 were without foundation. A total of 487 warnings were issued And 52 prosecutions were instituted. Fines imposed as a result of these prosecutions totalled £lll 10s. Ninety-five requisitions were served on occupiers of shops to comply with various requirements of the Act, such as heating, lighting, and sanitation. With the cessation of hostilities and the consequent demobilization of military personnel, the inspection staff of the Department is returning to normal strength. It •can be anticipated, therefore, that in the coming year there will be increased inspection visits and a fuller coverage of shops and offices. This should enable greater accuracy in the compilation of the estimate of the number of shops and the number of assistants ■employed therein, which is based each year on information obtained during inspection visits. From the information at present available it is estimated that throughout New Zealand there were 28,138 shops, of which 13,228 were carried on without assistants. In the shops where assistants were employed, it is estimated that 22,842 males, and 39,759 females were engaged.

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Annual Appointment op Statutory Closing-day Except where the closing-day has been fixed by a poll of electors, the closing-day is appointed each year by resolution of the local authority or, in the absence of a decision by a local authority, by the Minister of Labour. The following changes of day occurred in 1946 : Wednesday to Saturday, Borough of Arrowtown, counties of Akaroa, Marlborough, and Whangaroa ; Thursday to Saturday, counties of Heathcote and Waitemata ; Wednesday to Monday, County of Pohangina. Pursuant to section 4of the Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1945, the Christchurch City Council fixed the statutory closing-day for the areas of New Brighton and Sumner as Wednesday. Amendment of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22 The Shops and Offices Amendment Act, 1945, came into operation on 7th December, 1945. It provides for a 40-hour week for assistants in shops, but the Court of Arbitration is empowered, on the application of any party (by order in the case of an existing award or in any new award), to extend the hours to 44 where it is of opinion it would be impracticable to carry on efficiently the particular class of business without such extension, but the time worked beyond 40 hours is to be paid for at overtime rates — namely, time and a half, with a minimum of Is. 6d. an hour. Hours are to be worked continuously in shops— i.e., not exceeding 8, but 11 on one day—except for meal times and breaks for refreshments. If the meal time exceeds one hour, the extra time over the hour is deemed to be time worked. Extension of the weekly hours from 40 to 44 could be worked up to the last day of June, 1946, but a 40-hour limit is imposed thereafter if extension by the Court is not authorized by that date. Awards and agreements are to be read subject to the Act, but present rates of wages payable shall not be reduced nor the present working-hours increased. Hotels and restaurants are not affected. The Court of Arbitration is empowered in any award made after the passing of the Act (1) to fix the opening and closing hours of shops ; (2) to provide that shops shall not be open for business on one working-day in each week ; and (3) that the shops shall not be open for business on any award holiday. Before the Court exercises any of these powers, however, it is required to have regard to all relevant considerations. The occupier of every shop, whether employing assistants or not, is deemed to be an employer within the meaning of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act and therefore bound by an award relating to shop-assistants for the purpose of bringing his premises within the closing provisions fixed in such award. A Magistrate may grant exemption (a) from any opening hours fixed by the award, (b) from any provision that shops shall close for the whole of one working-day, and (c) from any provision that shops shall be closed on holidays. While the closing-hours of any shops are fixed by an award, nothing in section 32 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921-22, snail apply to those shops. The Sumner area of the City of Christchurch was placed in the same position as the New Brighton area of the city so far as the statutory closing-day is concerned. The two areas mentioned are deemed to be separate districts for the purposes of the fixing of the statutory closing-day and the Christchurch City Council is deemed to be the local authority for each of those areas for the purpose of determining the statutory closing-day each year. INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT Awards of the Court of Arbitration .. .. .. 115 (last year, 91) Amendments to existing awards and industrial agreements 427 The awards and industrial agreements actually in force on the 31st March, 1946, totalled 576 (last year, 541). The Court also issued 123 amendments to existing apprenticeship orders and 59 miscellaneous documents (interpretations, enforcements, &c).

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Work performed by Commissioners and Councils of Conciliation Industrial agreements made under the Act .. .. .. 32 (last year, 17) Disputes where recommendations were substantially accepted or agreements reached and referred to the Court to make awards .. 73 (last year, 77) Disputes where partial settlement was arrived at and referred to the Court to make awards .. .. .. '.. 42 (last year, 51) Disputes withdrawn .. .. .. .. .. 2 (last year, 5) "Minimum Wage : Kates fixed by Awards and Industrial Agreements There has been no alteration in the standard minima for adult male workers specified by the Court of Arbitration in a pronouncement dated 17th March, 1945—namely, skilled, 3s. o|d. per hour ; semi-skilled, 2s. B|d. to 2s. lid. per hour; and unskilled, 2s. per hour. During the year the Court has, however, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942 and on the application of the parties involved, amended 427 awards and industrial agreements.

The following table gives the minima for a number of the principal industries. Where there is no Dominion award or agreement in operation, Wellington rates have been taken, unless otherwise indicated. All the wage rates shown below are subject to an increase of 5 per cent, and a further increase of 5 per cent, (with a maximum of ss. for adult males and 2s. 6d. for adult females), with the exception of those rates indicated by a section mark (§), which are subject only to the second increase.

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Industry. Rate. Weekly Hours. Bacon-workers 2s. 9Jd. to 3s. l£d. per hour 40 Bakers £6 Is. 8d. per week 40 Biscuit and confectionery workers —■ Male £5 os. to £6 6s. 8d. per week 40 Female £3 3s. per week 40 Boot operatives —- Male 2s. 10|d. to 3s. per hour 40 Female £3 7s. 6d. per week 40 Bricklayers 3s. 2d. per hour 40 Brick, tile, and pottery workers — Male 2s. 8|d. to 3s. 0|d. per hour 40 Female £3 5s. per week, Dunedin .. 40 Butchers (retail shops) £5 17s. lOd. to £6 17s. lOd. per week 40 Canister workers — Male 2s. 10|d. to 2s. lid. per hour 40 Female £3 2s. 6d. per week 40 Carpenters and joiners 3s. OJd. per hour .. 40 Cleaners and caretakers— Male £5 to £5 10s. per week 40 Female £3 5s. per week 40 Clerical workers — Male £6 per week 40 Female £3 15s. per week .. 40 Clothing-trade employees— Male £5 12s. 6d. per week .. 40 Female £3 5s. per week 40 Coachworkers 3s. 0£d. per hour .. 40 Cheese- and butter-factory employees £5 Is. 8d. to £6 5s. 8d. per week 40 Drivers — (a) Motor .. £5 7s. 8d. to £5 19s. 8d. per week .. 40 (6) Horse .. £5 4s. 8d. per week for one horse, £5 7s. 8d. per week for two horses, and 6d. per day or 2s. 6d. per week extra for each horse above two 40 (c) Passenger transport £6 Is. 8d. per week 40

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Industry. Rate. Weekly Hours Electrical workers— Tradesmen 3s. OJd. per hour 40 Linesmen 3s. per hour 40 Engine-drivers, firemen, and greasers— Drivers, 1st Class Certificate £5 18s. 2d. per week 40 Drivers, 2nd Class Certificate £5 13s. 2d. per week 40 Firemen and greasers £5 8s. 2d. per week 40 Engineering-trade employees 2s. 8d. to 3s. 2|d. per hour 40 Flour-mill employees 2s. 7|d. to 2s. per hour 40 Fur-workers — Male £6 per week 40 Female £3 5s. per week 40 Furniture-trade employees— Male 2s. 8d. to 3s. OJd. per hour 40 Glove workers — Male £5 7s. 6d. to £6 per week 40 Female £3 5s. per week 40 Grocer's assistants £5 16s. per week .. 40 Hairdressers— Male £6 5s. lOd. per week 40 Female £4 8s. 6d. per week 40 Labourers 2s. 7|d. to 2s. lOJd. per hour 40 Laundry workers— Male £5 5s. to £6 15s. per week 40 Female £3 2s. 6d. per week 40 Motor-engineering-trade employees to 3s. 2Jd. per hour 40 Painters and decorators 3s. 0|d. per hour 40 Plasterers 3s. per hour (fibrous) 40 „ 3s. 2d. per hour (solid) 40 Plumbers 3s. 0|d. per hour 40 Printing-trade employees— Typographical section £5 Is. 8d. to £6 6s. 8d. per week 40 Printing section £5 Is. 8d. to £5 19s. 2d. per week .. 40 Rubber-workers— Male £5 to £6 per week 40 Female £3 5s. per week 40 Shop-assistants— Male £6 Is. per week 40 Female £3 18s. 6d. per week 40 Storemen and packersWholesale £5 9s. 2d. per week 40 Oil-stores £5 10s. lOd. per week 40 Wool, grain, &c, stores £5 9s. 2d. per week 40 Fruit and produce £5 9s. 2d. per week 40 Timber-yards and sawmills' employees 2s. 8d. to 3s. 3|d. per hour 40 Tobacco-workers — Male £5 15s. per week 40 Female £3 2s. 6d. to £3 7s. 6d. per week 40 Tramway employees— Motormen (after first year) §3s. l-075d. per hour 40 Conductors (after first year) §2s. 10-45d. per hour 40 Conductors (after fifth year) §2s. 10-975d. per hour 40 Motor-bus drivers §3s. l-075d. per hour 40 Warehouse employees— Male £5 15s. per week .. 40 Female £3 12s. 6d. per week 40 Woollen-mills' employees— Male 2s. 7£d. to 3s. 0|d. per hour 40 Female Is. 7|d. per hour 40

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As mentioned in previous reports, the Rates of Wages Emergency Regulations 1940 (Serial number 1940/86) authorized the Court of Arbitration, on the application •of any industrial union or association of employers or workers, by general order, to amend the provisions of all awards and industrial agreements for the time being in force in so far as such provisions affect the rates of remuneration of workers. When the Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942 (Serial number 1942/335) came into operation ■a requirement that in making a general order the Court take into account (a) the economic and financial conditions affecting trade and industry in New Zealand, (b) the cost of living, (c) any rise or fall in the cost of living since the date when any previous order was made, and (d) all other considerations which the Court deems relevant was withdrawn, and in lieu thereof it was provided that the Court issue an order whenever an increase or reduction of not less than 5 per cent. (2| per cent, increase for first order) occurred in the general level of prices included in the wartime price index. Variation of this was effected by the Economic Stabilization Emergency Regulations 1942, Amendment No. 6 (Serial number 1945/75), and in substitution for the arrangement as to automatic issue •of orders there is again a requirement that the Court take into account (a) the economic and financial conditions affecting trade and industry in New Zealand, (b) any rise or fall in the cost of living as indicated by the wartime price index since the 15th day of December, 1942, (c) any increase or reduction in rates of remuneration since the 15th day of December, 1942, and (d) all other considerations that the Court deems relevant. The wartime price index is of the prices of such commodities and services, including rents, as the Minister of Industries and Commerce directs, the basic level of prices to be that indicated by the index as at 15th December, 1942. Index figures as follows have been published : 15th December 1942, 1000 ; 15th March, 1943, 1011 ; 15th June, 1943, 1000; 15th September, 1943, 996; 15th December, 1943,1001 ; 15th March, 1944,1005 ; 15th June, 1944,1001 ; 15th September, 1944, 1003 ; 15th December, 1944, 1004 ; 15th March, 1945, 1006 ; 15th June, 1945, 1005 ; 15th September, 1945, 1001 ; 15th December, 1945, 1003 ; 15th March, 1946, 1009. Inspection, etc. During the year, 4,447 complaints of alleged breaches of the Act and of awards and industrial agreements, &c, were received, but it was found on investigation that in 1,167 cases no breach had been committed. In 137 cases proceedings were taken, and in 2,107 warnings were given. No action was considered necessary in the remaining cases. Apart from the complaints mentioned above, a large proportion of the inspections of factories, shops, &c, included an inspection to ascertain whether the awards and agreements were being complied with in respect of wages, overtime, &c, and as a result of these inspections 2 prosecutions were taken, and warnings were given in 1,069 other cases. Of the 139 prosecutions, 119 were against employers and 20 against workers ; 79 convictions were • recorded, 66 against employers and 13 against workers. Total penalties, £173 Is. Registration op Industrial Associations and Unions The usual statutory return (to 31st December, 1945) giving a list of associations and unions on the register at that date, together with the membership thereof, is appended hereto. Employers' associations number 23, the same as last year, with a total membership of 150, compared with 154 last year. Employers' unions number 272, 1 more than last year, with a total membership of 16,903, compared with 15,854 last year.

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Workers' associations number 34, 2 less than last year, with a total membership of 177, compared with 178 last year. f^j Workers' unions number 384, compared with 395 last year, with a total membership of 229,103, as against 223,027 last year. Industrial Disturbances during the Year There were 135 industrial stoppages during the year, involving lost time equivalent to 56,460 working-days (last year, 147 stoppages ; time lost, 44,565 working-days). There were 60 disturbances in the mining industry, 28 in the freezing industry, and 14 in the shipping and waterfront industry. Of the total disturbances during the year, 37 involved absences exceeding 1 day. Of these, 21 were of less than 3 days' duration. Of the 60 disturbances in the coal-mining industry, 43 lasted only 1 day or less, 22 of these being in respect of those days upon which a stop-work meeting had been held in the morning. Ten other disputes were for 2 days. Of the remaining stoppages, the principal were : 103 men stopped for 5 days because of a dispute between a busproprietor and the workers, the latter alleging that a certain driver was incompetent; 300 men stopped for 3 days because of a dispute regarding the rate of payment for Labour Day ; 200 men stopped for 3 days as a protest against delay in installing electrical equipment; 210 men stopped for 4 days because of a dispute over tonnage rates ; and 270 men in another mine ceased work for two days in sympathy. Only 4 of the 28 disturbances in the freezing industry exceeded 1 day in duration, and of these only 2 exceeded l|r days. Sixty men stopped for 2 days and 283 for 1 day because of a shortage of chain slaughtermen. A stoppage of work affecting 121 men for 3| days occurred in freezing-works in the Auckland and Gisborne districts as a result of a demand by the engineers in the freezing-works for certain conditions prescribed by the Freezing-workers' award and for a sufficient increase in wages to maintain the margin previously existing between the tradesmen and the freezing-works labourers. In the waterfront and shipping industry 6 of the 14 stoppages were for longer than 1 day, 2of these being for 2 days and 1 for 3 days. Because of the refusal of winchmen to transfer to other work when a gear gang was converted to a crane gang, 116 men stopped for 4 days. A stoppage of 3 J days affecting 230 men took place at Port Chalmers, the dock and repair workers desiring to be brought under the scope of the Waterfront Control Commission Emergency Regulations 1940. Following the dismissal of a worker, a " go-slow " policy was instituted in Auckland on the 10th October, 1945. For 11 days 150 men were affected and for 6 days 1,260 men were involved. A stoppage of work involving 41 women for 4 days occurred in the woollen-milling industry in Canterbury during May, 1945. Prior to the 7th July, 1941, a deduction of 15 per cent, had been made from the earnings of weavers operating two looms (clause 7 of the award), but from that date up to December," 1944, no deduction was made by the employers, as shift-work had been introduced to increase production. In December, 1944, shift-work in the weaving department ceased and the 15-per-cent. deduction was resumed by the employers. The dispute was referred to a disputes committee set up under the Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939. The decision of the chairman of the committee was that piecework payment to the workers should continue at the rate which commenced to operate on 7th July, 1941. Proceedings were instituted by the employer to test the validity of the decision, and the Supreme Court held, in terms of a memorandum of settlement between the plaintiff company and the union, that the company was entitled to withhold the 15 per cent. Employees in the building industry in Auckland adopted a " go-slow " policy from 21st September to 2nd October, 1945. When the Defence Works Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1942 (superseded by the Essential Building Works Labour Legislation Modification Order 1943) was in operation, the employers conceded an afternoon-tea " break" because of the long hours worked by employees.

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Following the revocation of the latter Order, a 40-hour week was reverted to, and as the award made no reference to an afternoon-tea break the employers withdrew this concession. A disputes committee was set up under the Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations 1939, and the decision of the chairman was that an afternoon-tea break of ten minutes be allowed without deduction of pay to all workers concerned in the dispute, the decision being operative from the 15th October. On the 20th August, 992 timber-workers in the Westland district ceased work as a protest against the alleged delay of the Court of Arbitration in making a new award and incorporating therein a " wet-time " clause. The stoppage lasted 2 days. On the 10th September work again ceased, the stoppage being a protest at the employers' delay in agreeing to the " wet-time " clause. The workers resumed on the 14th September after receiving an assurance that a conference between the parties would be expedited. A joint application was made to the Arbitration Court on the 20th September to insert an additional clause covering isolation and weather conditions in the award, and the required order was made by the Court on the 22nd November (45 Book of Awards 2144). Amendment to Regulations undek the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925 Section 35 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1944, provided simplified procedure for referring industrial disputes to Councils of Conciliation—namely, that the proposed reference is to be approved merely by resolution of the committee of management of the union concerned or, in the case of a reference by an industrial association, by resolution of the committee, of management of each of the unions concerned in the dispute. This statutory change in the procedure necessitated consequential alterations to the regulations made under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, such alterations being effected by the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Regulations 1945 (Serial number 1945/72), which were gazetted on 14th June, 1945. Under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Regulations 1946 {Serial number 1946/33), made pursuant to the above Act, and gazetted on 4th April, 1946, the fee' payable to assessors in Conciliation Council proceedings, which had been unchanged since 1908, is increased so that it is more in line with the Arbitration Court's standard-wage pronouncement. Travelling-allowances are also increased. Assessors on Conciliation Councils are now to receive a fee of £1 7s. 6d. a day (being compensation for loss of earnings) and an allowance for hotel, &c, costs if away from home of 17s. 6d. per day. Previously the rates were £1 Is. (fixed in 1908) and 12s. 6d. (fixed in 1920) respectively. Nominated members of the Court of Arbitration, Conciliation Commissioners, and the Registrar of the Court of Arbitration are to receive a travelling-allowance of £1 ss. per day. LABOUR DISPUTES INVESTIGATION ACT, 1913 During the year 9 agreements were filed pursuant to section 8 ; 7 agreements were in force on 31st March, 1946. APPRENTICES ACT At the present time there are 147 Apprenticeship Committees, each representative of employers and workers. Pursuant to requests by Committees, officers of the Department have made 105 special investigations during the year, while, in addition, 263 complaints were investigated. As a result, and following the inspections of factories, &c, referred to elsewhere in this report, 20 prosecutions were commenced and 331 warnings "were issued. Convictions were secured in 17 cases, fines amounting to £27 being imposed.

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The following table gives the approximate number of apprentices in the trades to which the Act now applies :

Return showing Number of Apprentices employed in Skilled Trades, April, 1946

When these figures are compared with those of the previous year it will be noted that there has been a considerable decrease in the number of apprentices serving in the Armed Forces—namely, from 4,291 to 2,059. This has been due to the demobilization of such apprentices, and the revival of their contracts, which were previously suspended under the terms of the Suspension of Apprenticeship Emergency Regulations 1944, has contributed towards the increase from 8,068 to 11,301 in the number of apprentices actually working at their trades. A number of apprentices who have revived their contracts of apprenticeship after serving in the Armed Forces may be entitled, in terms of the Suspension of Apprenticeship Emergency Regulations 1944 (Serial number 1944/23), to apply to the appropriate Apprenticeship Committee for credit under the contract for any training they may have had while in the Forces at their apprenticeship trade. The number of new contracts registered during the year ended 31st March, 1946, was 3,133. This compares with previous years since 31st March, 1935, as follows : 690 ; 1,292 ; 2,328 ; 3,235 ; 2,700 ; 2,840 ; 1,974 ; 2,441 ; 1,917 ; 2,096 ; 2,962. For the building trades only —namely, bricklaying, carpentering, painting, plastering, and plumbing—the figures are : 31st March, 1946, 1,024 ; previous vears from 31st March, 1935 :" 145 ; 307 ; 585 ; 850 ; 876 ; 783 ; 460 ; 497 ; 372 ; 484 ; 960. By section 7 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1936, the Minister of Labour is enabled to approve of contracts of apprenticeship in the case of persons of eighteen years of age and over upon such terms as the Minister thinks just and reasonable. During the year ended 31st March, 1946, 141 such contracts were registered. Details are : carpentry 34 ; coachworking, 5 ; electrical, 20 ; engineering, 22 ; motor engineering, 23 ; furniture, 5 ; painting and decorating, 4; plastering, 3 ; miscellaneous, 25. These contracts were submitted in the first case to the appropriate Apprenticeship Committee, if any, and were recommended for approval.

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Number of Apprentices. I Trade. Number of Apprentices. Trade. Working at Trade. Serving in Armed Forces. "Working at Trade. Serving in Armed Forces. Baking 215 71 Hatmaking 6 3 Boatbuilding 54 7 Jewellery 96 13 Boilermaking 68 5 Leadlight 11 Bootmaking 314 67 Masonry 16 6 Boot-repairing 66 7 Moulding 70 30 Blacksmithing 29 5 Painting 320 57 Bricklaying 32 5 Photo-engraving 66 8 Carpentering 2,170 303 Plastering 107 20 Clothing 144 33 Plumbing 634 88 Coachbuilding 288 73 Printing 723 162 Coopering 4 Saddlery 31 7 Cycle-working 1 Sail and tent making 2 2 Dentistry 44 2 Tailoring 20 8 Electrical 989 199 Tilelaying 1 Engineering 1,814 269 Tinsmithing 170 39 Motor engineering 1,656 373 Wicker-working 7 1 Furniture 1,019 176 Wire-working 1 Furriers 1 Gardening 6 1 Hairdressing 106 19 Totals 11,301 2,059

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Replacement op Apprentices joining the Armed Forces During the year the Industrial Emergency Council approved the engagement of 93 additional apprentices in industries in replacement of others who had joined the. Armed Forces as follows, the totals since June, 1940, being shown in parentheses : baking, 0 (22); blacksmithing, 1 (1) ; bootmaking, 2 (20); bootrepairing, 0 (4) ; carpentering, 16 (126) ; clothing, 0 (7) ; coachbuilding, 3 (19) ; electrical engineering, 10 (93) ; engineering, 13 (84) ; furniture-manufacturing, 7 (129) ; hairdressing, 0 (4) ; motor engineering, 17 (231) ; painting, 1 (19) ; photo-engraving, 1 (9); plastering, 1 (6); plumbing, 8 (62) ; printing, 10 (88) ; saddlery, 1 (3) ; tailoring, 0 (1) ; tinsmithing, 0 (5) ; watch-repairing, 2 (6) ; totals, 93 (939). ARREARS OF WAGES Amounts totalling £21,553 7s. Bd. (last year, £13,876 4s. Id.) 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 £28,307 lis. 3d. (last year, £15,665 7s. 2d.) were paid by employers at the instance of the Inspectors directly to the workers concerned ; total, £49,860 18s. lid. (last year, £29,541 lis. 3d.). Inspectors of Factories also took civil proceedings in 61 cases for recovery of wages due to workers, judgments being secured to the amount of £469 19s. lid. The amendment of various awards, industrial agreements, and apprenticeship orders following upon the pronouncement of the Court of Arbitration dated 17th March, 1945, specifying standard rates of wages was no doubt responsible for the very large increase in the arrears collected during the year under review. WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT During the year 111 cases were heard and determined by the Compensation Court (previous year, 118). Amendment op Workers' Compensation Act, 1922 By the Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 1945, which came into force on the Ist January, 1946, but was not to apply to accidents which occurred before that date, the following variations of the law were effected : (a) All workers (manual and non-manual) were given the protection of the Act. (b) Industrial-life-assurance agents were brought within the scope of the Act. (c) The Court was given discretionary power to award compensation in respect of accidents suffered by workers employed under an illegal contract of service or apprenticeship. (d) Weekly payments of compensation may not be ended or diminished (section 6) except—(i) Where the weekly payment is in respect of total disablement and the worker has actually returned to work; (ii) By agreement with the worker ; (iii) With the leave of the Compensation Court or of a Magistrate granted under this section ; (iv) By judgment or order of a Court of competent jurisdiction. The Compensation Court may, in its discretion, grant leave to end weekly payments of compensation upon payment of a lump sum fixed by the Court, but this is not to debar the worker from instituting an action for damages where he feels that the accident was due to negligence for which the employer is responsible. If the employer wrongfully ends or diminishes weekly compensation payments, he shall be liable to pay to the worker double compensation. This section is in substitution for section 62 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1938. Some of the subsections are the same as in section 62 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1938, except for the substitution of the Compensation Court for the Court of Arbitration.

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AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ACT, 1936, AND SHEARERS' ACCOMMODATION ACT, 1919, ALSO SHARE-MILKING AGREEMENTS ACT, 1937 Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Rates of wages for adult agricultural workers employed on dairy-farms were increased from £4 a week to £4 ss. a week on Ist August, 1945 (where board and lodging is not provided by the employer an additional amount of £1 a week is payable to the worker) : see Agricultural Workers Wage Fixation Order 1945 (Serial number 1945/125). Rates of wages for adult agricultural workers employed on farms and stations were increased from £3 15s. per week to £4 ss. per week from Ist April, 1946 (where board and lodging is not provided by the employer an additional amount of £1 is payable to the worker) : see Agricultural Workers Extension Order 1942, Amendment No. 2 (Serial number 1946/35).

For comparison purposes the minimum rates prescribed for the several classes of agricultural workers are given in tabular form :

Inspection, etc. During the year, 805 inspections were made, 289 being of a general nature and the remainder in respect of accommodation, as follows : farms and stations, 100 ; dairyfarms, 38 ; shearers, 283 ; sawmills, 78 ; orchards, 10 ; and others, 7. One hundred and twelve breaches were discovered by Inspectors, whilst 543 complaints of alleged breaches were received. In 139 cases it was found that no breach had been committed. Warnings were issued in 384 cases, and 8 prosecutions, resulting in 5 convictions, were instituted, Fines imposed amounted to £9 10s. Permits to accept less than the minimum rates prescribed by Act or Extension Orders were issued in 304 cases (part-time employment, 9 males and 105 females ; inexperience, 29 males and 1 female ; disability, 151 males and 1 female ; other reasons, 8 males). No serious disputes arose during the year under the Share-milking Agreements Act, 1937. Many inquiries were, however, made of officers of the Department, who, in a number of cases where disputes arising out of the terms of the contract were referred to arbitration, assisted in the appointment of arbitrators. Civil proceedings for recovery of moneys were taken in 2 cases. In each, judgment was in favour of the defendant.

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Class. Rate for Adult Worker. Date from which payable. Authorizing Measure. Reference in StatutoryRegulations Series. Dairy-farms £4 5s. per week (plus 1/8/45 The Agricultural Workers 1945/125 board and lodging) Wage Fixation Order • 1945 Farms and stations £4 5s. per week (plus 1/4/46 The Agricultural Workers 1946/35 board and lodging) Extension Order 1942, Amendment No. 2 Orchards Male, *£5 5s. per week; 28/9/45 The Agricultural Workers 1945/139 2s. 7£d. per hour Extension Order 1940, Female, t£315s. per week Amendment No. 3 Is. 10|d. per hour Tobacco Male, 2s. 7£d. per hour; 1/10/45 The Agricultural Workers 1945/194 Female, Is. 9d. per hour Extension Order 1945 Market gardens .. Male, £4 per week; 2s. 1938 and Various 1938/53, per hour 1939 1938/74, Female, £2 4s. and £2 8s. 1938/92, per week 1938/184, 1939/58. * Less £1 if board and lodging is provided. t Less 13s. 9d. if board and lodging is provided. Note.—Higher rates than some of those above quoted were payable from 1st April, 1946, under the Minimum Wage Act, 1945, which fixes minimum rates as follows: Males, 2s. 9d. per hour, £1 2s. per day, £5 5s. per week ; females, Is. 8d. per hour, 13s. 4d. per day, £3 3s. per week.

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Amendment to Agricultural Workers Act, 1936, and to the Share-milking Agreements Act, 1937 By sections 4 and 75 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1945, provision is made for reference to the Court of Arbitration of matters in dispute where organizations of workers and employers conferring in terms of subsection (2) of section 20 of the Agricultural Workers Act, 1936, and of sections 4 and 5 of the Share-milking Agreements Act, 1937, have been unable to reach agreement. The Court may hear representations in relation to the proposals and the matters in dispute and may make a recommendation thereon to the Minister of Labour. The Court, in the exercise of these powers, is deemed to act in the capacity of an arbitrator rather than in its ordinary judicial capacity, but nothing in the Arbitration Act, 1908, is to apply and nothing in either section is to be construed to limit the powers of the Court in the exercise of its functions for the purpose of the sections. SCAFFOLDING AND EXCAVATION ACT During the year, 3,980 notices of intention to erect buildings and scaffolding and to commence excavations were received (previous year, 3,989) and 6,842 inspections were made (previous year, 7,088). There were 35 prosecutions, convictions beingobtained in 31 cases, and fines amounting to £B4 being imposed. Preliminary details of accidents for the 1945 calendar year are — Age : 16-20, 9 ; 21-24,10 ; 25-34, 27 ; 35-44 21 ; 45-54,16 ;55 and over, 16 ; not stated 1 ; total, 100. Disability: permanent partial, 2 ; temporary, 98. Causes: fixed machinery, 8 ; poisonous or corrosive substances, 1 ; falls of persons, 24 ; stepping on or striking against fixed objects, 8 ; falling or otherwise moving objects, 5 ; handling of objects, 37 ; hand tools, 16 ; miscellaneous, 1. Time lost: 2,405 days. Total compensation paid : £1,836 ss. 9d. (Previous years : 1942, 142 accidents, £11,783 2s. 7d. compensation; 1943, 91 accidents, £4,523 12s. lid. compensation : 1944, 132 accidents, £3,535 9s. 9d. compensation.) There were no fatal accidents during the year. SERVANTS' REGISTRY OFFICES ACT There are 31 offices registered (last year, 28). This is the first annual increase since 1936-37, when the registration totalled 110. No complaints were received during the year and it would appear from the inspections carried out that the provisions of the Act are being complied with. FAIR RENTS ACT, 1936 Every dwellinghouse— i.e., every house or part of a house let as a separate dwelling where the tenancy does not include any land other than the site of the dwellinghouse and a garden or other premises in connection therewith, but including any furniture that may be let therewith—in the Dominion is subject to the Act, no dwellinghouse being excluded by reason only that part of the premises is used as a shop or office or for business, trade, or professional purposes, though premises let at a rent that includes payments in respect of board, and licensed premises within the meaning of the Licensing Act, 1908, are excluded. If the premises are not let as a dwellinghouse, however, their use as a dwellinghouse does not bring them within the provisions of the Act. The term " basic rent " means, with reference to a dwellinghouse let as such on the Ist day of September, 1942, the rent payable as on that date, and with reference to a dwellinghouse that was not let on that date, the rent that was last payable before that date or, in the case of any premises first let as a dwellinghouse after that date, the rent first payable in respect thereof. Increases on the basic rent are possible in two ways —namely, as a result of a determination by a Magistrate of a fair rent that is higher than the basic rent, or as a result of an agreement in writing between the landlord and the tenant, this agreement requiring the written approval of the Inspector of Factories. Apart from amounts so authorized, increases in the basic rent are'

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irrecoverable. In fixing a fair rent a Magistrate is to have regard to the relative circumstances of the landlord and of the tenant. Such fair rent is not to exceed the basic rent unless the Magistrate is satisfied, by evidence produced by the landlord, that in the special circumstances of the case it is fair and equitable that the fair rent should exceed such basic rent. In the case of premises to which the Act applied prior to the operation of the 1942 amendment, the fair rent is to be fixed with reference to the " basic rent " under the repealed sections. Under the Economic Stabilization Emergency Eegulations 1942 it is required that a register containing certain particulars be kept, this register to be produced for inspection. Further, every person commits an offence against the regulations who stipulates for or demands or accepts for himself or for any other person on account of the rent of any dwellinghouse any sum. that is irrecoverable by virtue of the Fair Eents Act, 1936.

The Inspector of Factories is empowered to act on behalf of any tenant in proceedings under the Act, and the following table indicates the extent to which tenants have availed themselves of the services of the Department's Inspectors : —-

The Department investigated 660 alleged infringements of the statute. In 122 investigations it was found that no infringement had occurred. Warnings were issued in 271 cases. Court action was taken in 8 cases, convictions being secured in all but one of the cases. Fines imposed amounted to £7O 10s. Two of the cases were in respect of a refusal to let a dwellinghouse to an applicant with children (section 9, Fair Eents Amendment Act, 1942), 2 for requiring or accepting a premium or other sum in consideration of the grant of a tenancy (section 11), and 4 for accepting or demanding rent in excess of the basic or fair rent. Amendment to Faie Eents Act, 1936 Under section 25 of the Statutes Amendment Act, 1945 (which superseded the Fair Eents Emergency Eegulations 1945 (Serial number 1945/106)), an Inspector of Factories is given authority to approve the agreement where the occupier of a dwellinghouse agrees to let any part thereof to a serviceman and the parties agree in writing that the Fair Eents Act shall not apply to the premises so let. Fifty-four such agreements were submitted to the Department. Of these, 52 were approved and 2 refused. Economic Stabilization Emergency Eegulations 1942 : Stabilization op Eents Inspectors of Factories in their capacity as " authorized persons " in terms of the regulations dealt with 1,070 agreements covering increases of rent. Approval was given in 965 cases and declined in 105 cases. Sixty-three complaints that the regulations had been infringed were received and dealt with. One prosecution was instituted. A conviction was secured and a fine of £2 imposed for demanding a sum that was irrecoverable by virtue of Part 111 of the regulations.

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Total Number of Applications. Agreements under Section 21. Cases where Court Proceedings for Fixation of Fair Rent involved. Cases where Demand for Increased Rent settled without Tenant represented in Eviction Proceedings or Notices to quit. Town. ■a" ft p, Notice to quit s o 11 Reference to Court (other Involving Court Proceedings. withdrawn or abandoned as o & "n «8 a§ than Agreed a Result of ft Increases). Inspector's ft & o H Intervention. Auckland 2,208 847 28 133 122 834 236 8 Wellington .. 1,916 264 83 33 241 758 228 309 Christehurch.. 602 133 10 73 34 262 78 12 Dunedin 237 95 9 27 3 63 27 13 Other towns.. 905 372 42 45 23 274 76 73 Totals .. 5,868 1,711 172 311 423 2,191 645 415

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OCCUPATIONAL RE-ESTABLISHMENT During the year, 113 cases of alleged refusal to reinstate discharged persons were dealt with, as against 42 in the previous year. In 39 cases it was found that no breach had been committed ; 16 cases were dealt with on the basis of payment of sums of money to the worker by the employer; 18 workers were reinstated in their former employment; and 2 prosecutions were instituted. In most of the remaining 38 cases the complainant requested that no further action be taken. One of the prosecutions was withdrawn, as the employer found an alternative position for the worker, while the other case was dismissed. The increase in the number of complaints was no doubt due to the recent large-scale demobilization of personnel from the Armed Forces. INDUSTRIAL EMERGENCY COUNCIL This Council was set up shortly after the outbreak of war to advise the Minister -of Labour on any matters arising out of the war emergency and pertaining to his office. During the year there were five meetings of the Council. In addition, the Hours Committee met on six occasions, the Apprenticeship Committee on four occasions, and a special committee set up by the Council to consider the question of an increase in the guaranteed weekly minimum wage of workers employed in essential undertakings met on four occasions. The following were among the principal matters dealt with by the Council during the year:— (a) Provision by an amendment to the Baking Industry Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1942 (Serial number 1942/134) for an increase in wages of female workers engaged in packing-rooms in the baking industry (N.Z. Gazette No. 26, 19th April, 1945, p. 418). (b) Fixing special conditions for employees of two tobacco-factories in Wellington (N.Z. Gazette No. 30, 3rd May, 1945, p. 464). (c) Amending the minimum weekly wage fixed for workers employed in essential undertakings (N.Z. Gazette No. 45, 28th June, 1945, p. 850). (d) Increasing the rates of pay provided under the Butchery Trade Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1943 and the Auckland Butchery Trade Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1943 for adult females employed on certain work in retail butchers' shops (N.Z. Gazette' No. 58,13 th September, 1945, p. 1147). (e) Increasing the rates of pay prescribed by the Grocery Trade Labour Legislation Suspension Order 1942 for female assistants (N.Z. Gazette No. 59, 20th September, 1945, p. 1171). (/) Increasing the rates of wages specified in the Orders enabling women over twenty-one without experience to be employed in clothing-factories (N.Z. Gazette No. 57, 6th September, 1945, p. 1127). At its last meeting held on 7th September, 1945, the Council decided, in view of the termination of hostilities, to recommend to the Minister of Labour that it be disbanded. The Council also recommended that certain Orders should be revoked forthwith and that others be continued for specified periods, when they should again be reviewed. These recommendations were adopted, and, of the 115 Orders issued by the Minister on the recommendation of the Council during the period of its existence, only 10 are still in operation, and these are reviewed from time to time to ascertain whether there is still a need for their continuation. ANNUAL HOLIDAYS ACT, 1944 This Act has now been in operation for more than a complete year and the Department is in the position to judge more clearly the manner in which it has been received and complied with by those concerned throughout the Dominion. Opposition to the Act and difficulties in its administration have been very slight. Many establishments again closed down over the Christmas - New Year period, aggregating the statutory and annual holidays. Special coverage of the position was made by officers of the Department to ascertain whether any evident inconvenience

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was caused to the public through this lengthy close-down period, and it was found generally that, except for the closing for a lengthy period of a number of restaurants and tea-rooms in some of the larger towns, little inconvenience was caused. The majority of the establishments throughout the Dominion observing a close-down holiday period over Christmas and New Year are engaged in manufacturing industries, and it is recognized that such a practice affords an opportunity for a general clean up of the premises and an overhaul of the machinery and plant. The public are more or less unaffected by the closing-down of these industries. It is where undertakings of a public utility nature close down for a substantial period that inconvenience results. It is thought, however, that many businesses observe a close-down period as a means of relief from staff and rationing difficulties and that when conditions improve the tendency will be for them to allow the annual holidays on a roster system. Special attention was paid by officers of the Department to the requirements of the Act providing for the affixing of stamps to workers' holiday cards. From a survey of the position it appears that this requirement is generally becoming more readily complied, with and that workers realize the purpose of the holiday cards —namely, to place the casual worker in as favourable a position in regard to annual holiday pay as the permanent worker, who is granted his annual holiday on full pay. Holiday cards are redeemable at any money-order office after the expiration of one year from the commencement of the earliest period of employment entered on the card, unless the paying office is satisfied — (a) That the worker is leaving New Zealand and will be absent from New Zealand until after the expiration of that period of one year ; or (b) That the worker has died and the person surrendering the holiday card is entitled to claim payment on behalf of the worker's estate or dependants.

The following table shows the number of holiday cards surrendered and the amount paid out by the Post and Telegraph Department up to 31st March, 1946 :

There were. 24 prosecutions during the year. Convictions were obtained in 13 cases, 2 were dismissed, 5 withdrawn, and 4 otherwise disposed of. The total amount of fines was £4O. Three cases were taken on behalf of workers by way of civil proceedings for recovery of holiday pay. In 2 cases judgment was in favour of the plaintiff and in 1 case in favour of the defendant. The amount of holiday pay involved was £l7 12s. Bd. Eight hundred and twenty-two complaints were received, resulting in 453 warnings, while warnings were given in 255 cases of infringement discovered by Inspectors. Amendment to Annual Holidays Act, 1944 The Annual Holidays Amendment Act, 1945, applied the principal Act to industrial-life-assurance agents, made it obligatory on an employer to give to a worker not less than seven days' notice of the date on which the worker was to begin any annual holiday, and also to pay to the worker before commencement of the holiday the ordinary pay for the period of the holiday ; made provision for the redemption of stamps on holiday cards

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Month. Number of Transactions per Month. Amount paid out per Month. 1945 £ 8. d. August 3,653 7,804 13 7 September . 2,812 5,160 14 7 October 2,518 5,097 14 5 November . 2.651 5,102 14 0 December . 1946 3,452 5,977 6 9 January 3,456 5,544 8 8 February . 2,905 3,697 13 4 March 2,452 3,692 19 8 23,899 42,078 5 0

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when a worker leaves New Zealand or dies ; applied subsection (2) of section 7 of the principal Act to workers employed as shipwrights or carpenters in the preparation of ships for cargo or in the loading or unloading of cargo, thus enabling the employers and workers to work out and submit for approval to the Minister a satisfactory scheme to meet their special conditions, as in the case of waterside workers and tally clerks ; and made it an offence against the Act to use for any purpose other than for purposes of the Annual Holidays Act any uncancelled stamp that has at any time been affixed to a holiday card. The last-mentioned amendment was asked for by the Post and Telegraph Department, as cases had been found where it was suspected that stamps had been removed from the annual holidays card and cashed with the Post Office at a discount of 5 per cent., thus avoiding payment of the national security and social security charges (now 10 per cent.). WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT The regulations under the Act provide for the reverification of weights and weighing and measuring instruments in use for trade purposes. The articles verified or reverified during the year are summarized hereunder : Submitted. Incorrect. Weights .. .. '.. .. .. 27,180 5,298 Measures.. .. .. .. .. 3,080 98 Weighing-instruments .. .. ..17.706 2,077 Measuring-instruments .. .. .. 2,216 405 There were also submitted for verification 2,150,160 bottles (milk, cream, or oil), 26,760 being rejected. In addition to the reverification work referred to, each shop inspection included an examination to ascertain that requirements as to reverification had been satisfied, and the Department has also carried out surprise tests of appliances on the owners' premises. Inspections were also made covering the regulations requirements as to net weight and standard weight of packages, and the sale of firewood, coke, and coal, also the provisions relating to the weight of bread, including those contained in the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1908. Complaints were received respecting 72 alleged breaches of the Act. As a result of the investigation of these and of the check inspections referred to above, 14 prosecutions were instituted, fines amounting to £36. Thirteen appliances presenting novel features were dealt with during the year. Of this number, 2 were approved, 9 are under review, and 2 were rejected as unsuitable for use for trade. In 1 case modification of the original design of the pattern submitted was found necessary. Details are : Approved — A counter platform scale of 200 lb. capacity. A self-indicating counter scale of 20 lb. capacity. Under review— A self-indicating dial platform scale of 1,500 lb. capacity. A self-indicating dial overhead-track meat-weigher of 1,000 lb. capacity. A self-indicating milk-tank weigher of 3,500 lb. capacity. An automatic packing and weighing machine of 10 lb. capacity. A dual-purpose liquid-flow meter for large bulk and pre-determined automatic deliveries. A length-measuring instrument for the measurement of bolts of various woollen materials. A platform-type cheese-weighing machine of 2001b. capacity for use in dairy factories. A self-indicating counter machine of 2 lb. capacity. A volumetric filling and weighing machine of 2 lb. capacity. Kejected— A wall-beam salt-weighing steelyard machine of 50 lb. capacity. A self-indicating crane weighing-machine of 5 tons capacity.

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The Weights and Measures Act, 1925, has been amended by the Scientific and Industrial Research Amendment Act, 1945, under the provisions of which the Minister in Charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is empowered to procure or provide such principal standard measures and such copies thereof as may be required for any New Zealand standards of measurements. He is also to have the custody of the principal standard measure for every New Zealand standard of measurement, whether procured before or after the passing of the Act. Prior to the passing of this Act there had been no New Zealand primary pound and yard, and for verification purposes it had been necessary to have reference to weights and measures of similar denominations deposited with the Imperial Board of Trade. BUSH WORKERS ACT, 1945 This Act came into force on the Ist January, 1946. In the Act, " bush undertaking " is defined as any undertaking in which one or more bush workers are employed, and " bush worker " is defined as any person engaged in felling and logging operations or in any operations incidental thereto, including the construction or maintenance of private roads, tramways, or bridges, the shifting of any plant, and the transportation of logs otherwise than on a public road or street. " Plant " is defined as any machinery or any hauling, lifting, or carrying apparatus that may be used by bush workers, including any bridge, tramway, rolling-stock, or chute, or any appliance used in or in connection with a bush undertaking. It does not, however, include any boiler or machinery subject to the provisions of the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1928. Employers of bush workers are to keep a wages and time book, also a register in which is to be entered particulars of every accident which causes death or serious bodily injury—that is, an injury which is likely to incapacitate the sufferer from work for at least forty-eight hours. Notice of the accident is to be sent to an Inspector. It is required that plant for use in bush undertakings is to be soundly constructed of good material and free from any patent defect. Such plant is to be under the general supervision of some responsible person, who is to make periodical inspections of the plant for the purpose of ensuring that the provisions of the Act are complied with in respect thereof. Plant is not to be used in a manner likely to cause danger to life, and safeguards with which the plant is equipped are not to be removed or damaged. An Inspector may give directions with a view to preventing accidents or to ensurecompliance with the provisions of the Act, and every person to whom the directions are given must carry out such directions. If the Inspector considers that the use of any plant might endanger the life of any person or that any plant is unsuitable for use he may condemn that plant and direct that it cease to be used, or brand that plant and cause it to be rendered incapable of being used ; but no plant is so to be rendered incapable until the employer has had an opportunity of applying to a Magistrate for relief from the condemnation of the plant or any direction given by the Inspector. Such an application must be made within seven days after the employer receives notice of the condemnation or direction from the Inspector, and on the hearing of the application the Magistrate may make such order as he thinks fit, and such order shall be final and binding on all parties. Pending the hearing of any application to a Magistrate, the employer must nevertheless comply with any direction which has been given him by the Inspector. Other sections provide (1) for bush workers to report to the employer or to the person in charge of the undertaking or to the person who has the plant under his general supervision any defect in the plant which such worker may discover; (2) for every employer to provide and maintain first-aid appliances ; (3) for powers of entry, &c, Part VIII of the Public Works Act, 1928, which relates to the regulation and. inspection of railways and tramways, is not affected by the Act.

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MINIMUM WAGE ACT, 1945 This Act came into operation on Ist April, 1946. It applies to all male and female workers of twenty-one years of age and upwards, except (a) apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1923, or bound by an indenture of apprenticeship made under the Master and Apprentice Act, 1908 ; and (6) persons of any class, prescribed by regulations under the Act, who are employed under contracts of service under which they are required to undergo any training, instruction, or examination for the purpose of becoming qualified for the occupation to which the contract of service relates. Every worker of twenty-one and over is entitled to receive from his or her employer payment for his or her work at not less than the following appropriate rates —namely, (a) if paid by the hour or by piecework, 2s. 9d. an hour for males and Is. Bd. an hour for females, or an amount equivalent thereto, having regard to the rate of production of the worker ; (6) if paid by the day, £1 2s. a day for males and 13s. 4d. a day for females ; (c) in all other cases,. £5 ss. a week for males and £3 3s. a week for females. Where board or lodging is provided by the employer, regard shall be had in determining whether the appropriate rate is paid to the value of such board or lodging as fixed under any Act, award, or agreement relating to the worker's employment or, if not so fixed, at the rate of 15s. for board and ss. for lodging. The only deduction that may be made from the appropriate rate payable under the Act shall be for time lost by default of the worker or by reason of illness or accident. An Inspector of Awards is empowered to issue an under-rate permit in any case where the worker satisfies him that he or she is for any reason incapable of earning wages at the rate provided in the Act; but this is not to affect the provisions of any other Act or any award or agreement relating to the issue of permits to accept a wage below the wage fixed by such Act, award, or agreement. Any under-rate permit issued under the Act is to specify therein the period for which it is to remain in force. For any default by an employer in payment of wages pursuant to the Act, such employer shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £2O and a further fine not exceeding ss. for every day such default continues. This Act, apart from some possible exceptional cases, will not result in any increase in wages under awards and industrial agreements. It is interesting to note, however,, that under it minimum wages of certain classes of workers, such as domestic workers and others employed otherwise than for the pecuniary gain of the employer, are fixed for the first time. The Act will also entail some adjustment in respect of workers covered by certain of the Extension Orders made under the Agricultural Workers Act, 1936. The Minimum Wage Regulations 1946 (Serial number 1946/36) prescribe the classes of workers excepted from the provisions of the Act. The regulations also prescribe the forms to be used in connection with the issue by an Inspector of under-rate permits. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION The twenty-seventh session of the International Labour Conference was held in Paris during October-November, 1945. Forty-eight States —virtually all the States members of the organization and including three (viz., Iceland, Italy, and Guatemala) just admitted or readmitted —sent delegations. New Zealand was represented by the following delegation : Delegates representing the Government — The Hon. P. C. Webb, Minister of Labour. Mr. H. E. Moston, Secretary of Labour and Chief Inspector of Factories. Delegate representing the employers of New Zealand — Mr. V. Duff, Secretary of the Taranaki Employers' Association. Delegate representing the workers of New Zealand — Mr. P. M. Butler, Secretary of the Wellington, Nelson, Westland, and Marlborough Local Bodies' other Labourers and Related Trades' Industrial Union of Workers. Messrs. R. E. Kemp and A. R. Perry acted as Advisers to the Government delegates and Mr. R. Stanley as Adviser to the workers' representative.

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The following items were on the agenda : I. Director's Report (social problems of the immediate post-war period, with special reference to Europe ; future policy and programme of the International Labour Organization.) 11. The maintenance of high levels of employment during the period of industrial rehabilitation and reconversion. 111. Welfare of children and young workers (first discussion). IV. Matters arising out of the work of the Constitutional Committee. V. Minimum standards of social policy in dependent territories. VI. Reports on the application of Conventions. Constitutional Questions As the Organization was established pursuant to the Treaty of Versailles, it was important that the problem of its incorporation into the new international order receive consideration. This was recognized at the Philadelphia Session in 1944, and arising out of the decisions then taken a committee had examined the matter fully, its reports being dealt with by the Paris session, which decided to take action on a limited number of questions which were of immediate urgency, the remainder to be made the subject of further study for consideration at the 1946 session. Thus the Paris session adopted an instrument amending three articles of the Constitution dealing with membership, finance, and the procedure for amendment. Previously membership of the League of Nations carried with it membership of the International Labour Organization. Now the members of the Organization are those States which were members on Ist November, 1945, together with any original member of the United Nations ; and provision is made for any State admitted to membership of the United Nations to become a member upon formal acceptance of the obligations contained in the Constitution. In the matter of finance the instrument provides for transitional arrangements and authorizes the Organization to make with the United Nations such financial and budgetary arrangements as may appear appropriate. Further, a more flexible procedure for amending the Constitution is introduced. In addition, resolutions were adopted : (1) Authorizing the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to enter, subject to the approval -of the Conference, into such agreements with the appropriate authorities of the United Nations as may be necessary or desirable to enable the Organization to co-operate fully with the United Nations, while retaining the authority essential for the discharge of its responsibilities under the Constitution of the Organization and the Declaration of Philadelphia ; (2) Concerning reciprocal relationships between the International Labour Organization and other international bodies ; and (3) Authorizing the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to make, in due course, appropriate arrangements with the League of Nations or with the United Nations regarding buildings and property in Geneva, also administrative and financial matters that were previously a joint issue with the League of Nations. The twenty-ninth session of the International Labour Conference wall open in Montreal on 19th September, 1946. The agenda is as follows : I. Director's report. 11. Constitutional questions. 111. Protection of children and young workers : (a) Medical examination for fitness for employment (young workers), (second discussion). (b) Restrictions of night work of children and young persons (non-industrial occupations) (second discussion). IV. Minimum standards of social policy in dependent territories (provisions suitable for a Convention), (first discussion). V. Reports on the application of Conventions (Article 22 of the Constitution).

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Maritime Matters The Maritime Preparatory Technical Conference, mentioned in the 1945 annual report, took place in Copenhagen in November, 1945. In the light of conclusions reached by that Conference, the final agenda of the Twenty-eighth (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference was framed as follows : I. Director's report. 11. Social security for seamen. 111. Crew accommodation on board ship. IV. Food catering on board ship. V. Entry, training, and promotion of seafarers. VI. Holidays with pay for seafarers. VII. Continuous employment for seafarers. VIII. Recognition of seafarers' organizations. IX. Wages ; hours of work on board ship ; manning. The Maritime Session opened in Seattle on 6th June, 1946, representatives attending from New Zealand. EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR Salaries and allowances (including salaries of nominated members, £ £ Court of Arbitration), temporary assistance and agents' remuneration .. .. .. .. .. .. 87,270 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers .. .. 338 Fees, travelling-expenses, &c, in connection with work of Conciliation Councils and the Court of Arbitration, Compensation Court, Industrial Emergency Council, and Emergency Disputes Committee .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,932 Building Committees, National and Local: Expenses in connection therewith .. . . .. .. .. .. 143 Printing, stationery, office requisites and equipment, rent, cleaning, heating, and lighting of offices, advertising, postage, telegrams, telephones, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,512 Travelling-expenses, &c, of Inspectors, including cost of bicycles, motor-vehicles, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 7,915 Law-costs incurred in Court cases conducted by Inspectors ~ 177 Grant to Waterfront Control Commission towards salaries and administration expenses, including office furniture, printing, rent, travelling-expenses, &c. .. .. .. .. 12,670 Weights and measures equipment .. .. .. .. 36 International Labour Conference, Paris : Travelling and other expenses of delegates .. .. .. .. .. 451 Miscellaneous expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 56 — 135,500 Immigration expenditure — Administration and general expenses .. .. .. 6 Disbursements of amounts collected on behalf of Imperial and other Governments, &c. .. .. .. .. 35 Portion of salaries and other expenditure, High Commissioner's Office, London .. .. .. .. .. 912 953 136,453

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£ £ Carried forward .. .. .. .. 136,453 Less recoveries— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,514 Law-costs .. .. .. .. .. .. 102 Sales publications .. .. .. .. .. 372 Fees, &c, Conciliation Councils, &c. .. .. .. 154 Printing, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98 Inspector's travelling-costs .. .. .. .. 1,042 Services to other Departments . . .. .. .. 90 International Labour Conference : Expenses.. .. .. 66 Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 3,470 £132,983 The above figures do not include items provided elsewhere than the Labour Department's vote — e.g., salaries of Judges of Court of Arbitration. EXPENDITURE IN EMERGENCY TRAINING SCHEMES FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1946 {Deferred expenditure incurred when schemes administered by Department now brought to charge) Carpentry trade schools —■ £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington (Miramar and Petone) .. .. 277 9 10 Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 162 16 9 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. . . . . 79 15 11 Dunedin . . . . . . 173 10 9 Tools for sale .. .. .. .. .. 1,095 10 0 £1,789 3 3 Recoveries — Engineering training course : Transfers of equipment, £ s. d. &c, to Rehabilitation Department, Wellington 348 10 0 Carpentry trade schools— £ s. d. For work performed and tools, &c, supplies .. 110 5 For equipment, stocks, &c, transferred to Rehabilitation Department .. ..., .. 6,682 5 6 6,693 5 11 £7,041 15 11

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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, 1945 (As a matter of convenience, registrations, cancellations, and changes of name subsequent to 31st December, 1945 and up to and including 30th June, 1946, have also been shown.)

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Number of Reg. No. Affiliated Name. Unions, December, 1945. 1727 New Zealand Bacon Curers 4 1732 New Zealand Master Bakers and Pastrycooks 10 526 New Zealand Federated Builders and Contractors 17 1672 New Zealand Master Butchers 17 1655 New Zealand Master Carriers and Customhouse Agents 4 1869 New Zealand Dairy Factories 5 1886 New Zealand Fibrous Plaster Manufacturers 3 1593 New Zealand Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Allied Products Manufacturing .. 3 1845 New Zealand Furniture and Furnishing Trades 4 1253 New Zealand Federated Ironmasters 4 1623 New Zealand United Licensed Victuallers 21 1041 New Zealand Motor-body Builders 5 1043 New Zealand Federated Newspaper-proprietors 4 1260 New Zealand Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners 3 1314 New Zealand Federated Master Painters, Decorators, and Signwriters 5 893 New Zealand Federation of Master Plumbers 7 724 New Zealand Master Printers 8 1809 New Zealand Private-hotel Keepers 4 1844 New Zealand Soap Manufacturers 4 1731 New Zealand Tanners 3 1868 New Zealand Theatre-proprietors 3 1333 New Zealand Theatrical Proprietors and Managers 2 1248 New Zealand Waterside Employers' Association 10 Totals : Number of associations as at 31st December, 1945, 23 150

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Number of Keg. $0. Affiliated Name. Unions, December, 1945. 1318 New Zealand Federated Biscuit and Confectionery and Related Trades 5 561 New Zealand Federated Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship and Bridge Builders .. 3 1791 New Zealand Federated Brush and Broom Trade Employees 4 1949 New Zealand Federated Building Trade 5 1884 New Zealand Federated Caretakers, Cleaners, Lift Attendants, and Watchmen's .. 4 1796 New Zealand Federated Clerical and Office Staff Employees 7 124 New Zealand Federated Clothing Trade Employees 4 473 New Zealand Federated Coach and Motor-body Builders and Related Trades 2 1225 Federated Cooks and Stewards of New Zealand 2 1948 New Zealand Federated Dental Technicians and Assistants 4 1748 New Zealand Federated Fire Brigades Employees 4 1522 New Zealand Federated Flourmill Employees 6 53 New Zealand Federated Footwear Trade n 1706 New Zealand Freezing Works and Related Trades 6 772 New Zealand Federated Furniture and Related Trade 6 *1968 North Island Gold-mines' Employees Federation 1916 South Island Gold Dredge and Alluvial Gold Mines Employees 3 1963 North Island Federated Herd Testers 2 729 New Zealand Federated Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades Employees 9 1831 New Zealand Federated Jewellers, Watchmakers, and Related Trades 2 866 New Zealand Journalists 7 1315 New Zealand Federated Labourers and Related Trades 8 1897 New Zealand Federated Milk Roundsmen's .. .. .. 3 1453 New Zealand Federated Motion Picture Projectionists 4 275 New Zealand Federated Moulders 4 567 New Zealand Federated Painters and Decorators 12 1767 New Zealand Federated Paint and Varnish Manufacturing Employees 3 824 New Zealand Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants .. 12 1779 New Zealand Federated Saddlers, Canvas-workers, Riggers, and Related Trades .. 4 1306 Federated Seamen's Union of New Zealand 3 1218 New Zealand Federated Shop-assistants 17 1238 New Zealand Federated Storemen and Packers (other than in Retail Shops) and Warehouse Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) 8 869 New Zealand Federated Theatrical and Places of Amusement Employees 3 1419 Grey Valley and Buller Underviewers and Deputies 2 912 New Zealand Federated Woollen-mills and Hosiery-factories Employees 4 Totals : Number of associations as at 31st December, 1945, 34 177 * Registered subsequent to 31st December, 1945.

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Beg. No. ' Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. BACON-CURERS 1675 Auckland Bacon-curers .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 1629 Wellington Industrial District Bacon-curers.. 9 1741 Canterbury Bacon-curers 7 1645 Otago and Southland Bacon-curers .. .. .. 16 BAKERS 330 Auckland Master Bakers and Pastrycooks 262 1756 Taranaki Master Bakers and Pastrycooks 45 106 Wellington Master Bakers 72 1647 Wanganui Master Bakers, Pastrycooks, and Related Trades .. 21 1762 Manawatu, Southern Hawke's Bay, and Wairarapa Master Bakers 58 1659 Nelson Master Bakers and Pastrycooks 23 1959 Westland Master Bakers 21 297 Canterbury Master Bakers 105 1736 Christchurch Cake Bakery and Cake Kitchen 12 189 Otago Master Bakers 105 1894 Southland Master Bakers and Pastrycooks 38 BOOKSELLERS 1559 Wellington Retail Booksellers and News-agents 13 1579 Wanganui Retail Booksellers and News-agents 7 1631 Palmerston North Retail Booksellers and News-agents 13 1688 Hawke's Bay Retail Booksellers, Stationers, and News-agents 19 1578 Invercargill Retail Booksellers and News-agents 6 BOOT-MANUFACTURERS 6 I New Zealand Boot Manufacturers' Association | 71 BRICK, PIPE, AND CLAY PRODUCTS 1649 | North Island Brick, Clay Products, and Concrete-pipe Manufacturers .. .. i 16 *1664 | South Island Brick, Clay Products, and Concrete-pipe Manufacturers .. .. | .. BRICKLAYING CONTRACTORS 1934 I Otago Bricklaying Contractors' 1 14 BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS 164 Auckland Master Builders 290 370 Gisborne Builders and Contractors 26 1443 Waikato Master Builders 74 1438 Rotorua and Bay of Plenty Master Builders 50 1927 Taumarunui Master Builders .. 9 204 Taranaki Master Builders 60 1390 Hawke's Bay Builders and Contractors .. 50 1385 Masterton Master Builders .. .. .. 27 1343 Manawatu Master Builders and Contractors 49 418 Wanganui Builders and Contractors .. .. .. .. 39 101 Wellington Builders, Joiners, and Contractors 146 1739 Nelson Master Builders .. .. .. .. .. 33 1917 Marlborough Builders and Contractors .. .. 11 113 Builders and Contractors Association of Canterbury 132 1320 South Canterbury Builders and Contractors 29 337 Dunedin Builders and Contractors 70 406 Southland Builders and Contractors .. .. .. 44 * Cancelled (defunct) subsequent to 31st December, 1945.

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. BUTCHERS 1947 North Auckland Master Butchers 40 464 Auckland Provincial Master Butchers 146 1956 Auckland Butchers (Multiple Shops) 3 838 Poverty Bay Master Butchers 16 1281 South Auckland Master Butchers 128 1562 Taranaki Master Butchers 52 1451 Manawatu Master Butchers 37 1448 Wanganui Master Butchers 28 1437 Wellington Master Butchers 102 1666 Wairarapa Master Butchers .. .. .. 22 1870 Nelson Master Butchers 11 1853 Westland Master Butchers 34 430 Canterbury Butchers 106 1926 South Canterbury Master Butchers 25 891 Dunedin and Suburban Master Butchers .. 55 1280 Dunedin and Suburban Pork-butchers 5 560 Invercargill and Suburban Master Butchers 33 CANISTER MAKERS 1885 New Zealand Canister Makers 1 3 CARDBOARD-BOX MAKERS 1687 North Island Cardboard Box, Carton, and Paper-bag Makers 1 11 CARRIERS 348 Auckland and Suburban General Carriers and Coal-merchants 58 1561 Waipa Master Carriers 22 1790 Gisborne Carriers 9 1118 Wellington General Carriers and Customhouse and Forwarding Agents 57 324 Canterbury Employers of Drivers 56 1472 Otago Carriers and Customs Agents .. 41 CHARTERED CLUBS 1909 [ New Zealand Chartered Clubs 1 46 CLOTHING TRADES 122 Auckland Master Tailors 45 447 Taranaki Master Tailors 12 815 Wellington Clothing-manufacturers 12 1197 Wellington Soft-goods Manufacturers 18 1840 Wellington Industrial District Furriers 8 831 Christchureh Clothing-manufacturers 29 125 Christchurch Master Tailors ... .. ... 23 313 Dunedin Master Tailors 10 COACHBUILDERS 504 Auckland Motor-body Builders 23 1027 South Auckland District Coachbuilders, Blacksmiths, and Farriers 15 1054 Wellington Coach and Motor-vehicle Trades 13 298 Canterbury Motor-body and Carriage Builders 13 1789 Dunedin Coach and Motor-body Builders 9 COAL-MERCHANTS. (See also Carriers) 1582 1 Wellington Coal Merchants and Dealers .. .. .. .. 38 1550 | Dunedin and Suburban Coal-merchants .. .. . .. 52

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. CONCRETE-GOODS MANUFACTURERS. (See also Brick, &c., Products) 1855 North Island Concrete Products and Pumice Goods (except concrete pipes) 12 Manufacturers 1859 North Canterbury Concrete and Pumice Products (except concrete pipes) 8 Manufacturers CONFECTIONERS 1482 Wellington District Manufacturing Confectioners .. .. .. 7 COUNTY COUNCILS 1772 New Zealand County Councils 1 123 DAIRY FACTORIES 1857 Auckland Dairy Factories 42 605 Taranaki Dairying and Farming 56 1356 Wellington Dairy Factories 78 1961 Canterbury, Malborough, Nelson, and Westland Dairy Factories 29 1919 Otago and Southland Dairy Factories 61 DAIRYMEN 1747 Christehurch Dairymen's .. .. .. .. .. .. | 120 DENTAL EMPLOYERS 1568 Wellington District Dental Employers .. .. .. .. | 58 DRAPERS, MILLINERS, MERCERS, AND CLOTHIERS (RETAILERS) 1921 | New Zealand Drapers, Clothiers, Mercers, Milliners, and Boot Retailers.. | 2,575 ELECTRICAL TRADE 1689 New Zealand Electric-power Boards and Supply Authorities 51 1577 Wellington Electrical Contractors 53 1580 Wellington Wholesale Electrical Traders .. .. .. 13 1769 Wellington Storage-battery Manufacturers 4 1702 Canterbury Electrical Contractors 57 1633 Otago Electrical Traders .. .. ».. .. .. .. .. 27 1634 Otago Electrical Contractors 24 ELECTROPLATERS 1615 | | Wellington District Electroplaters I 8 ENGINEERS AND IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS 1252 Auckland Ironmasters 51 1019 Jas. J. Niven and Co., Ltd. 1 1105 Wellington Engineers, Metal-workers, and Iron and Brass Founders 35 1247 Christehurch Engineers, Metal-workers, and Iron and Brass Founders 28 1087 Dunedin Engineers, Metal-workers, and Iron and Brass Founders 28 FARMERS 1685 New Zealand Agricultural and Related Farmers 124 1684 New Zealand Dairy-farmers .. .. .. . - 131 1704 New Zealand Fruitgrowers 407 1590 New Zealand Commercial Gardeners 1,180 1673 New Zealand Sheepowners 1,954 1621 Nelson District Hopgrowers 8 FIRE BOARDS 1867 | New Zealand Fire Boards .. .. .. .. .. 59

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Keg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. FLORISTS 1798 Wellington Industrial District Florists 1 14 FOODSTUFFS 1584 Wellington District Drug, Chemical, Condiment, Patent Food, and Medicine 33 Manufacturers 1875 Canterbury Sauce, Preserved Food, and Starch Manufacturers '• 4' FREEZING COMPANIES 741 Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co., Ltd. 1 1 FROZEN PRODUCTS 1514 New Zealand Frozen Products Manufacturers .. ,. .. I 20 FURNITURE AND FURNISHING TRADE 911 Auckland Furniture and Furnishing .. .. .. 33 : 1022 Wellington Furniture and Furnishing Trade 49 1770 Wellington Flock, Felt, and Spring Manufacturers 4 141 Christchurch Furniture Makers 10 1878Otago Furniture and Furnishing Trades 7 GAS-METER MANUFACTURERS 1698 Wellington Gas Meter Manufacturers 1 : 3' GASWORKS 1954 | New Zealand Gasworks | 20 GATE, FENCE, AND WIRE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS 1744 | Wellington District Gate, Fence, and Wire Products Manufacturers ! 6. GLASS, OIL, COLOUR, PAINT, AND WALLPAPER 1620 1 Wellington Glass, Oil, Colour, Paint, and Wallpaper Merchants .. 23 *1966 Otago Glass Bevelling, Silvering, and Leadlight Manufacturers ! GROCERS 1566 Auckland Chain Grocery Stores .. .. .. .. .. 8 1713 Auckland Master Grocers .. .. .. .. 985 1690 Gisborne Master Grocers 60 1229 Taranaki Provincial Retail Grocers .... .. .. 166 1421 Wellington Chain Grocery Stores .. .. .. .. .. . . . 6 1123 Wellington Grocers .. .. .. .. .. ' .. 225 1589 Nelson District Master Grocers 78 1422 Canterbury Chain Grocery Stores .. .. .. .. 3 1368 Canterbury Master Grocers .. .. 20 302 Otago Grocers 320 664 Southland Grocers .. .. .. .. * 163 HAIRDRESSERS AND TOBACCONISTS 1876 Auckland Ladies' Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Proprietors .. .. 14 1581 Wellington Ladies' Hairdressing Salon Proprietors .. 26, 1860 Wellington Tobacconists and Hairdressers .. .. .. 75 1069 Christchurch Hairdressers and Tobacconists .. ... ... ... 115 1724 North Canterbury Ladies' Hairdressers 14 1881 South Canterbury Hairdressers and Tobacconists • .. 19 * Registered subsequent to 31st December, 1945.

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' Reg. No,. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. HARBOUR BOARDS 1725 New Zealand Harbour Boards I HARDWARE-MERCHANTS 1426 Briscoe, E. W. Mills, and Co., Ltd. .. 1 1 HAT-MANUFACTURERS ,1497 Wellington District Hat-manufacturers and Milliners.. .. .. 1 HOSPITAL BOARDS 1883 New Zealand Hospital Boards 42 HOTELKEEPERS (LICENSED) 736 Auckland Licensed Victuallers' Association .. .. .. .. 190 1599 Poverty Bay Licensed Victuallers 28 516 Taranaki Licensed Victuallers .. . . 11 1610 Egmont Licensed Victuallers .. 17 1611 Patea Licensed Victuallers 17 1612 Stratford Licensed Victuallers 13 1607 Hawke's Bay Licensed Victuallers 39 1597 Wellington Licensed Victuallers 72 1601 Wairarapa Licensed Victuallers .. .. .. .. .... 21 1602 Palmerston North Licensed Victuallers 12 1604 Manawatu Licensed Victuallers 5 1605 Rangitikei Licensed Victuallers .. .. 5 1606 Wanganui Licensed Victuallers .. .. 14 1553 Marlborough Licensed Hotelkeepers .. .. .. . 8 1583 Nelson Licensed Victuallers 30 1600 Westport Licensed Victuallers' .. .. 15 1815 Greymouth Licensed Victuallers 40 459 Canterbury Licensed Victuallers 130 1598 Waitaki Licensed Victuallers .. .. 7 1614 Timaru Licensed Victuallers 19 1608 Dunedin Licensed Victuallers 73 1749 Southland Licensed Victuallers .. .... 56 HOTELKEEPERS (PRIVATE) 1496 Wellington Private-hotel Keepers 18 1825 Hawke's Bay Private-hotel and Boardinghouse Keepers 6 1742 Canterbury Private-hotel Proprietors .. .. .... ' 8 '.1745 Otago Private-hotel Keepers .. .. .. .. V. 6 JAM-MANUFACTURERS 1505 Thompson and Hills, Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 1504 S. Kirkpatrick and Co., Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1564 Dunedin Canning Co., Ltd. .. ..' .. .. .. 1 JEWELLERS .1.569 Wellington District Manufacturing Jewellers, Die-sinkers, Silversmiths, Engravers, 1 9 and Watchmakers LAUNDRYMEN 1508 Auckland Laundrymen, Dyers, and Dry Cleaners •15 1473 Wellington District Laundrymen, Dyers, and Dry Cleaners 14 1735 South Island Laundrymen, Dry Cleaners, and Dyers 16

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December,, 1945. LIME-MANUFACTURERS 1842 Wellington District Lime-manufacturers 1 4MILLERS. (See also Threshing-mill owners and Sawmillers) 1737 New Zealand Flour, Oatmeal, and Pearl-barley Millers | 38 MINE-OWNERS (COAL AND GOLD; 163 Taupiri Coal-mines, Ltd. 1 318 Otago and Southland Gold-mining 4 88 Westport Coal Co., Ltd. 1 MOTOR TRADE 1802 New Zealand Motor Trade | 50 NAIL-MANUFACTURERS 1711 Auto Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 1 NURSERYMEN AND LANDSCAPE GARDENERS 1257 Auckland Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners .. .. .. 21 1255 Wellington Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners .. .. .. 40 1254 Otago and Southland Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners 6 OPTICIANS 1537 Wellington Industrial District Opticians 1 11 PAINTERS AND DECORATORS 472 Auckland Guild of Master Painters, Decorators, and Signwriters 321 131 Wellington Master Painters 118 1677 Wanganui Master Painters and Decorators 18 1321 Christchurch Master Painters, Signwriters, and Decorators 73 343 Otago Painters 31 PAINT AND VARNISH MANUFACTURERS 1481 | Wellington District Paint, Varnish, and Allied Products Manufacturers.. | 13 PHOTO ENGRAVERS *1967 | Wellington Photo-engravers i PLASTERERS 1778 Auckland District Plasterers and Fibrous Plasterers .. .. .. 6 1733 Wellington Industrial District Plasterers and Fibrous Plasterers 37 1383 Canterbury Master Plasterers .. .. .. .. .. 15 1866 Otago and Southland Fibrous Plasterers 4 PLUMBERS 571Auckland Master Plumbers .. .. .. .. .. 142 142 Thomas Ballinger and Co., Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1274 Wanganui District Master Plumbers 15 *1969 Hutt Valley Master Plumbers 886 Wellington Master Plumbers .. .. .. .. .. 58. 1925 Westland Master Plumbers .. .. .. .. .. 8 894 Christchurch Master Plumbers .. .. .. .. .. 51 1557 Timaru Master Plumbers 11 867 Dunedin Plumbers 26 875 Invercargill Plumbers .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 * Registered subsequent to 31st December, 1945.

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. PRINTERS AND NEWSPAPER-PROPRIETORS 539 Auckland Master Printers and Allied Trades .. .. .. 69 1070 Auckland Provincial Newspaper-proprietors .. .. .. V. 15 1776 Auckland Stationery Manufacturers .. .. .. .. * • • 4 979 Gisborne Master Printers and Bookbinders .. .. .. 4 861 Taranaki Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders 8 1361 Wairarapa Master Printers and Allied Trades 5 644 Wellington Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders .. 28 •948 Wellington Newspaper-proprietors .. .. .. .. . . . 11 1800 Wellington Stationery Manufacturers •.. .. .. 6 694 Canterbury Master Printers .. .. .. .. 25 914 Canterbury Newspaper-proprietors 5 1072 Timaru Master Printers and Bookbinders 6 519 Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. 1 936 Otago and Southland Newspaper-proprietors .. .. .. 6 325 Otago Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders .. .. .. 1 32 RABBIT BOARDS 1833 New Zealand Rabbit Boards .. .. .. .. .. 55 RADIO MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS 1804 Auckland Provincial Radio Traders | 82 1643 Wellington Radio Traders 33 1786 Wellington Radio Manufacturers 10 } 808 Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland Radio Traders t . 53 RESTAURANT-PROPRIETORS 1491 | Wellington Tea-rooms, Restaurant, and Refreshment-room Proprietors | 93 RETAILERS . 1912 Wellington United Retailers (other than Booksellers, Butchers, Florists, Grocers, 40 Hairdressers, Opticians, Tobacconists, Tea-room, and Restaurant Proprietors, or Retailers of Drapery, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Furniture, Radios, and Wood and Coal) SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND LEATHER GOODS MANUFACTURERS 1780 j Auckland Saddle, Bridle, Harness, Collar, and Bag Manufacturers 5 1549 Wellington Industrial District Saddlers, Harness-makers, Bridle-makers, Collar12 makers, Leather, and Fibre-bag Makers 1 SAIL, TENT, AND CANVAS GOODS 1498 | Wellington District Sail, Tent, and Canvas Goods Manufacturers' Society 1 19 SAWMILLERS ; .1.880 New Zealand Timber Industry 350 148 Auckland Sawmillers and Woodware Manufacturers 20 305 Canterbury Sawmillers 23 SHIPOWNERS 342 Devonport Steam Ferry Co., Ltd. 1 326 Northern Steamship Co., Ltd. i 137 Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand, Ltd. 1

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Ueg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. SOAP-MANUFACTURERS 1625 Auckland Soap-manufacturers .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 3 1816 Wellington Industrial District Soap-manufacturers .. .. .. 4 1843 Canterbury Soap-manufacturers .. .. .. .. .. 4 1841 McLeod Bros., Ltd. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 TANNERS AND FELLMONGEiRS 1509 Auckland Tanners .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 4 1714 Christchurch Tanners . . . . . . .. . . .. 3 1715 Otago and Southland Tanners .. .. .. .. .. • • I 3 TAXI-PROPRIETORS *1970 Northern, Taranaki, and Wellington Taxi-proprietors 1952 Canterbury and Otago and Southland Taxi-proprietors " 6 THEATRE-PROPRIETORS 1852 Auckland Theatre and Motion Picture Theatre Proprietors .. 8 1858 Wellington Industrial District Theatre Proprietors 6 1331 J. C. Williamson (New Zealand), Ltd. 1 1411 J. C. Williamson Picture Corporation, Ltd. .. .. .. 1 1854 Canterbury Motion Picture Theatre and Places of Amusement Owners 14 THRESHING-MILL OWNERS 1902 North Island Threshing Mill and Agricultural Contractors . . .. 39 1396 North Canterbury American Type Threshing-mill and Header Harvester Owners .. 24 379 South Canterbury Threshing-mill Owners .. ,. .. .. 15 WATERSIDE EMPLOYERS 1241 Auckland Waterside Employers' Union 15 1276 New Plymouth Waterside Employers' Union 9 1245 Wanganui Waterside Employers' Union .. .. .. .. 9 1239 Wellington Waterside Employers' Union 14 1279 Picton Waterside Employers' Union 4 1283 Nelson Waterside Employers'Union .. .. .. .. 7 1277 Greymouth Waterside Employers' Union 4 1244 Lyttelton Waterside Employers' Union 14 1240 Timaru Waterside Employers' Union 11 1242 Otago and Southland Waterside Employers' Union 11 WICKERWORK 1707 Wellington District Wickerwork (other than Furniture) and Perambulator 5 | Manufacturers 1 WOOLSCOURERS 1665 Wellington Woolscourers 9 1740 Canterbury Woolscourers 8 Totals : Number of Unions as at 31st December, 1945, 272 .. 16,903 * Registered subsequent to 31st December, 1945.

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. AIRCRAFT WORKERS. (See Engineers and Allied Workers) ARCHITECTS AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS 1523 Wellington Architectural Assistants .. .. .. .. 1 17 1635 Christchureh Architects and Structural Engineers' Assistants .. .. 16 ASBESTOS WORKERS <N C5> QO Auckland Asbestos Workers .. .. .. .. .. 160 ASSURANCE WORKERS. (See Clerical Workers) BAKERS AND PASTRYCOOKS 1882 New Zealand Baking Trades Employees .. .. .. .. [ 1,818 BISCUIT AND CONFECTIONERY EMPLOYEES 1313 Auckland Biscuit and Confectionery and Related Products Employees .. 540 1452 Wellington Biscuit and Confectionery Manufacturing and Related Trades Employees 225 1439 Nelson Biscuit and Confectionery Manufacturing and Related Trades Employees 50 1345 Christchureh Biscuit and Confectionery Manufacturing and Related Trades Em321 ployees 1142 Otago and Southland Biscuit and Confectionery Manufacturing and Related Trades Employees 564 BOOTMAKERS AND REPAIRERS 59 Auckland Operative Bootmakers Society 1,301 14 Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Society 498 1964 Greymouth Footwear Operatives 15 35 Christchureh Footwear Operatives .. .. 1,012 45 Dunedin Operative Bootmakers 279 BREWERS AND AERATED WATER EMPLOYEES 1874 New Zealand (except'Otago and Southland) Brewers, Bottlers, Bottle-washers, and Aerated-water Employees 900 873 Otago and Southland Brewery, Bottling Houses, and Aerated Waters 231 BRICK, TILE, AND POTTERY WORKERS 340 Auckland Brick, Tile, Pottery, Clay, and Concrete ware Employees 1 470 1186 Otago and Southland Brick, Tile, Pottery, and Concrete Goods Makers 100 BRICKLAYERS 1945 1 New Zealand (except Northern Industrial District) Bricklayers and Related Trades 1 190 576 | 1 Auckland Bricklayers .. .. .. .. .. .. 86 BRUSH AND BROOM WORKERS 1693 Auckland Brush, Broom, and Mop Trade 46 1879 Wellington Brush and Broom Workers 7 1064 Christchureh Brush and Broom Trade 141 1080 Dunedin Brush and Broom Trade .. .. .. .. .. 65 CARBONISATION WORKERS 1626 | Waikato Carbonisation, Ltd., Employees .. .. .. .. 1 46

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g>oName. Number of Members, December, 1945. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS 1940 New Zealand (except Otago and Southland) Carpenters and Joiners and Joiners' j 7,166 Machinists 804 Masterton Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and ! 101 Joiners' Machinists 702 Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners and 400 Joiners' Machinists 1293 Oamaru Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners 60 78 Otago Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Jointers and Joiners' 710 Machinists CHEMICAL MANURE AND ACID WORKERS. (Also included in Freezing Workers) 1335 New Plymouth Chemical Fertilizer Workers .. .. .. 80 1446 Wanganui Chemical Fertilizer and Acid Workers .. .. .. 93 CLEANERS, CARETAKERS, AND LIFT-ATTENDANTS 1125 Auckland Cleaners, Caretakers, Lift-attend ants, and Watchmen's .. 475 1787 Taranaki Cleaners, Caretakers, and Lift-attendants .. .. .. 19 1488 Wellington Caretakers, Cleaners, and Lift-attendants .. .. 401 1515 Christchurch Cleaners, Caretakers, and Lift-attendants 150 1781 Dunedin Liftmen, Cleaners, and Caretakers 99 CLERICAL WORKERS. (See also Tally Clerks, &c., and Sugar Workers) 1950 New Zealand Life Assurance Agents, Canvassers, and Collectors 558 1528 New Zealand General Insurance 1,738 1653 New Zealand Bank Officials 1,652 1526 New Zealand Shipping Officers 998 1636 New Zealand Freezing and Related Trades' Industries Clerical Officers 1,008 1676 Auckland Legal Employees .. .. ... 595 1489 Auckland Clerical and Office Staff Employees 5,531 1651 Auckland Public Accountants' Employees .. .. .. .. 208 1760 Auckland Stock and Station Agents'Clerical Workers 407 1846 Auckland Provincial Dairy Companies' Secretaires 38 1864 Wellington, Taranaki, and Marlborough Clerical Workers 3,204 1928 New Plymouth Public Accountants' Employees 50 1571 Taranaki Legal Employees .. .. .. .. .. 65 1765 Taranaki Stock and Station Agents' Clerical Workers 147 1850 Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa Public Accountants' Employees 140 1507 Wellington Legal Employees 602 1637 Wellington Public Accountants' Employees 322 1759 Wellington Stock and Station Agents' Clerical Workers 547 1764 Marlborough Stock and Station Agents' Clerical Workers 58 1552 Nelson Law Practitioners' Employees .. .. .. 25 1573 Nelson Clerical Employees 150 1766 Nelson Stock and Station Agents' Clerical Workers 14 1835 Nelson Public Accountants' Employees 15 1585 Greymouth Law Practitioners' Employees .. .. .. 33 1792 Greymouth Clerical and Office Staff Employees .. .. 164 1139 Canterbury Clerks, Cashiers, and Office Employees 2,767 1594 Canterbury Law Practitioners' Employees 346 1650 Christchurch Accountants' and Sharebrokers' Employees 391 1763 Canterbury Stock and Station Agents' Clerical Workers .. .. 242 1512 Dunedin Law Practitioners' Employees 185 1541 Invercargill Clerks and Office Assistants 350 1536 Invercargill Legal Employees .. .. .. .. . - 79 1527 Otago Clerical Workers 1,174 1708 Otago and Southland Public Accountants' Employees 107 1758 Otago and Southland Stock and Station Agents' Clerical Workers 263 1826 Otago and Southland Part-time and Full-time Dairy-factory Secretaries •20

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Beg. NO; Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. CLOTHING-TRADE EMPLOYEES 720 Auckland Cutters, Trimmers, Pressers, and other Clothing Employees 348 73 Auckland Tailoresses and other Female Clothing and Related Trades Employees 4,317 67 Auckland Tailors 60 1915 Wellington and Taranaki Clothing and Related Trades .. 4,135 1801 Canterbury, Westland, Nelson, and Marlborough Clothing Trades 2,327 1477 Dunedin Fur Trade Employees 106 1958 Otago and Southland Clothing and Related Trades .. .. .. 1,300 COACHWORKERS 1705 Taranaki Coach and Motor-body Workers .. .. .. .. 19 173 Wellington Coach and Motor-body and Related Workers 200 1683 Nelson Coach and Motar-body Workers .. .. .. . . 12 1752 Westland Coach and Motor-body Builders .. .. .. .. .. 11 263 Canterbury Coach and Motor-body Builders .. .. 170 205 Otago and Southland Coachworkers and Wheel-wrights 38 COAL-MINE WORKERS 1282 Northern Coal-mine Workers 1,262 1109 Northern Coal-mines Underground Officials .. ... 101 1513 North Auckland Coal-miners 180 1447 Ohura District Coal-miners 97 1703 Nelson Industrial District Coal-mine Workers 6 1344 Buller Underviewers and Deputies.. .. .. ... 26 1348 Grey Valley Deputies and Underviewers .. .. .. .. 70 1042 Millerton and Granity Brakesmen, Bricklayers, Blacksmiths, Carpenters, and Fitters 23 1753 Runanga State Coal-miners .. .. 500 1668 Grey Valley Collieries, Ltd., Employees 189 1679 Seddonville Coal-miners 18 1696 Burke's Creek Coal-miners .. 52 1743 Runanga District Coal-mine Employees .. .. 43 1641 Canterbury Coal-mine Workers • .. .. .. .. .. 56 *996 Green Island Coal-miners .. .. .... 26 829 Otago Coal-miners .. ,. ... .. .. .. 299 1290 Ohai District Underviewers, Deputies, and Shot-firers 32 1728 Mataura District Coal-mine Workers .. .. .. .. 20 COOKS AND STEWARDS (MARINE) 393 Auckland Federated Cooks and Stewards .. .. .. .. 1 200 1309 Wellington District (New Zealand) Marine Chief Stewards .. .. 10 212 Federated. Cooks and Stewards of New Zealand 600 CREAMERIES, CHEESE, BUTTER, AND DAIRY EMPLOYEES 1723 New Zealand Dairy Factories and Related Trades Employees .. 3,028 1738 North Island Dairy-factory Managers 292 753 Auckland Milk-roundsmen's .... .... 141 966 Wellington Dairy Employees 142 1830 South Island Dairy-factory Managers .. .. .. .. 33 f 1662 Christchurch Milk Roundsmen's .. .. .. .. 833 Otago and Southland Dairy-factory Managers 61 1039 Southland Milk-condensing Factories Employees 97 1941 Dunedin Retail Milk Employees 21 CURRIERS, TANNERS, AND FELLMONGERS ■' 508 Auckland Curriers, Beamsmen's, Fellmongers, Tanners, Soap-workers, and General 396 Tannery Employees 1908 Wellington and Taranaki Soap, Candle, Tannery, and Related Trades Employees 125 * Cancelled subsequent to 31st December, 1945. f Defunct; in process of cancellation.

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Reg. No, Name. Number of Memberfi, December, 1945. DENTAL ASSISTANTS AND TECHNICIANS 1567 Auckland Dental Assistants and Technicians 73 1543 Wellington Dental Assistants and Technicians 197 1746 Canterbury Dental Assistants and Technicians 112 1807 Otago and Southland Dental Assistants and Technicians 74 DRIVERS *240 Auckland Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants .. 868 699 Gisborne Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers anil their Assistants 170 1151 Taranaki Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants 280 375 Hawke's Bay Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants 408 730 Wanganni Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants .. 254 219 Wellington Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants .. 1,146 1223 Blenheim Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants 110 1146 Nelson Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants 236 1654 Westland Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants 174 281 Canterbury Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants .. 1,350 1468 Southland Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants .. 350 1119 Otago Road Transport and Motor and Horse Drivers and their Assistants 829 ELECTRICAL WORKERS. (See also Engineers and Allied Workers) 1939 North Island Electrical Trades .. .. .. .. .. 2,132 892 Dunedin and Suburban General Electrical Workers .. .. .. .. | 70 ENGINE-DRIVERS. (See also Coal-mine and Gold-mine Workers : Flour-mill Employees : New Zealand Railways Employees) 1813 New Zealand Engine-drivers, River Engineers, Marine-engine Drivers, Greasers, 877 Firemen, and Assistants ENGINEERS AND ALLIED WORKERS 1951 New Zealand Engineering, Coachbuilding, Aircraft, and Related Trades 14,766 596 Auckland District Boilermakers, Iron-ship Workers, and Bridge-builders 276 149 Auckland Iron and Brass- Moulders 218 779 Ohinemuri Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Electricians 47 and Motor Mechanics) 97 Wellington Iron and Brass Moulders 81 930 Wellington Metal-workers' Assistants 263 19 Wellington United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship and Bridge Builders 80 107 Christchurch Iron and Brass Moulders 221 372 United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship Builders of Canterbury 50 703 Dunedin Canister Workers 71 80 Dunedin Iron and Brass Moulders 306 1140 Green Island Iron-rolling Mills Employees 34 197 Otago Metal-workers' Assistants 221 102 United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship-builders of Otago 85 FELT-HATTERS 1494 1 Auckland Hatters .. .. | 62 1891 | Wellington and Dunedin Felt-hatters 1 44 FERRY EMPLOYEES 1130 | Devonport Ferry Co.'s Employees 122 FIRE-BRIGADESMEN 1920 New Zealand Fire Brigades Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents 28 921 Auckland Fire Brigades' Employees ... .. .. .. 101 1811 Northern, Wellington, Taranaki, and Nelson Fire Brigades' Employees 102 1342 Christchurch Fire Brigades' Employees 52 1131 Dunedin Fire Brigades' Employees 74 * Cancelled in respect of Auckland 25-mile radius on 13th January. 1944.

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Reg. Ne. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. FISH-TRADE EMPLOYEES 381 Auckland Fish-trade Employees (other than Fishermen) .. .. 43 1539 Wellington Fishworkers .. .. .. .. . - .. 24 FLAXMILL EMPLOYEES 540 Manawatu Flaxmill and Flax Textile Employees .. .. .. .. | 192 1754 Southland Flaxmill Employees .. .. .. .. .. 46 FLOUR-MILL EMPLOYEES 183 Auckland United Flour-mill Employees 90 1719 Wellington Industrial District Flour-mills Employees 18 1180 Timaru United Millers and Flour-mill Employees 81 174 Canterbury United Flour-mill Employees 120 1059 Oamaru Flour-mills Employees 35 1538 Dunedin Flour-mills Employees .. . . .. .. ,. 70 FREEZING WORKERS 1923 Auckland Freezing-works and Abattoir Employees 3,296 1406 Gisborne District Freezing-works and Related Trades Employees 310 1404 Moerewa Freezing Workers 267 1393 Taranaki Freezing-works and Related Trades Employees .. .. 553 1465 Taranaki Bacon-workers .. .. .. .. 38 1962 Wellington, Nelson, and Marlborough Freezing-works, Abattoir, and Related 4,517 Trades' Employees 747 Canterbury Freezing-works and Related Trades Employees .. 2,275 599 Otago and Southland Freezing-works and Related Trades Employees 2,167. FURNITURE-TRADE EMPLOYEES 910 Auckland United Furniture and Related Trades 95"7 1330 Taranaki Federated Furniture Trades .. 16 1823 Wellington, Nelson, and Marlborough Federated Furniture and Related Trades .. 678 1906 Christchureh and Grey mouth Federated Furniture and Related Trades 523 84 Dunedin Federated Furniture and Related Trades 240 411 Southland Federated Furniture Trades .. .. .. 71 GARDENERS. (Also included in Labourers) 1856 1 Auckland Gardeners, Gardeners' Labourers, and Green-keepers | 85 GASWORKS EMPLOYEES 1955 1 Auckland Gasworks and Related Trades Employees | 373 1957 Wellington, Taranaki, Nelson, and Marlborough Gas Works and Related Trades 360 Employees 1960 Canterbury and Westland Gas Works and Related Trades Employees 160 195$ Otago and Southland Gasworks and Related Trades Employees 104 GOLD-MINE WORKERS 863 Ohinemuri Mines and Batteries Employees (other than Engineers, Engine-drivers, 385 and Firemen) 16 Thames Miners .. . .. 90 1471 Westland Gold-dredge and Alluvial Gold-mines' Employees 283 1546 Otago Gold-dredge and Alluvial Gold-mines' Employees 65 1657 Southland Gold-mine Employees .. .. ' .. .. .. 6 GROCERS' SUNDRIES MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES 1548 Auckland Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Canning, Condiments, and Related 371 Products Manufacturing Employees 158S Auckland Drug Factories Employees 92 1863 Wellington, Taranaki, Marlborough, Nelson, and Canterbury Grocers' Sundries, 300 Chemical, and Related Products Factory Employees f 1837 Otago and Southland Manufacturing Cheaiists, Preserved Foods, Jam, and Starch 337 Factories Employees

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December 1945. HARBOUR BOARDS EMPLOYEES 1660 New Zealand Harbour Boards Employees ., .. .. . ;... I 1,722 HERD-TESTERS 1686 Auckland Herd-testers .. ! 140 1901 Taranaki Herd-testers .. .. .. . . .. . •„ \ ■ -20 *1803 Wellington Herd-testers .. . . .. .. .. .... 1 •' 35 HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES 688 Auckland Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees . , . ..... I'. 4,26 2 336 1214 Taranaki Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees 218 Wellington District Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' . 3,949 1271 Marlborough Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees . 1: : 171 1265 Nelson Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades'Employees ... ., ..... 202 1228 Westland Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees .. 317 652 Canterbury Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees 2,010 675 Otago Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees i 1,299 1295 Southland Hotel, Restaurant, and Related Trades' Employees [ 532 ICE-CREAM WORKERS 1907 Wellington and Taranaki Tce-cream and Related Products .. .. . .. 35 JEWELLERS AND WATCHMAKERS 1609 Auckland Manufacturing Jewellers, Watchmakers, and Opticians' Employees 75 1529 Wellington Jewellers, Watchmakers, and Related Trades .. .. 46 *1694 Christehurch Jewellers, Watchmakers, and Engravers •.. .. . . • ' 1563 Dunedin Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Related Trades . . .. is JOURNALISTS 853 Auckland Journalists .. .. .. .. .. -* :: | r lie 1485 Taranaki Journalists .. .. .. ' .' .. • 27 1023 Wellingtpn Journalists .. .. ..' .. .. .. .. 73 1658 Nelson Journalists .. .. .. .. .. ' 9 1663 Grey mouth Journalists .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 9 857 Christehurch Journalists 95 854 Dunedin Journalists 29 1893 Invercargill Journalists .. .. .. ... .. .. 22 LABOURERS (MISCELLANEOUS) 825 Auckland and Suburban Local Bodies' Labourers and Related Trades ., 1 750 871 Auckland District Labourers and Related Trades .. .. ... .... " 962 777 Poverty Bay General Labourers and Related Trades .. . .. . 270 811 Taranaki Labourers and Related Trades .. ... S15 1173 Wanganui Municipal Labourers .. .. .. .. . r ; 80 1938 Wellington, Nelson, Westland, and Marlborough Local Bodies', other Labourers, j 2,117 and Related Trades 176 Canterbury Builders'and. General Labourers and Related Workers .. ... 1,686 903 Dunedin and Suburban Operative Licensed Drainers .. . ., 25 .507 Otago Labourers and Related Trades .. .. .. . .. .. " v 663 1492 Southland Labourers and Related Trades ... ... ... .. 1 300 LAUNDRY EMPLOYEES 1520 Northern District Laundries, Dyers, and Dry Cleaners Employees .. .. | 450 1936 Wellington, Taranaki, Marlborough, and Nelson, Laundry Workers, Dyers, and 500 Dry Cleaners ; . 1924 Grey mouth Laundry Workers * .. .. ... ..." • 12 1710 Christehurch Laundry Workers, Dyers, and Dry Cleaners ' 143 1560 DunedinJLaundry Employees ... .. - # 114 . * Defunct'; In process eft caiicfilatioir. ' "

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. LIME AND CEMENT WORKERS (also included in Labourers) 1535 Portland Cement Workers 212 1145 Golden Bay Cement Co.'s Employees 91 1176 Otago and Southland Lime and Cement Employees 344 LOCAL BODIES' OFFICERS 1680 Auckland Provincial District Local Authorities' Officers 739 1726 Taranaki Local Authorities' Officers 85 1661 Wellington Local Bodies' Officers 776 1814 Marlborough Local Bodies' Officers 17 1721 Nelson Local Bodies' Officers 45 1820 Canterbury Local Bodies' Officers (other than Clerical) 170 1506 Dunedin City Corporation and Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board Engineer 25 Officials 1501 Dunedin Municipal Clerical and other Employees (other than Inspectors) 220 1889 Dunedin City Council and Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board Inspectors (other 34 than Tramway Inspectors) MATCH-FACTORY EMPLOYEES 1591 Wellington Match-manufacturing Employees .. .. .. 63 1165 Dunedin Wax-vesta Employees .. .. .. .. .. 50 MERCHANT-SERVICE EMPLOYEES 1720 New Zealand Merchant Service Guild .. .. .. .. 426 NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS EMPLOYEES 710 Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants 11,873 1217 Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association . t 2,148 1325 New Zealand Railway Tradesmen's Association 2,667 OPTICAL EMPLOYEES. (See also Jewellers, &c.) 1551 Wellington Optical Employees 32 1592 Christchurch Optical Employees 26 1709 Otago and Southland Optical Employees 12 PAINT AND VARNISH MANUFACTURERS' EMPLOYEES 1572 Auckland Paint and Varnish Manufacturers' Employees 75 1911 Wellington and Canterbury Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, Printer's Ink, and Related 95 Products Manufacturers' Employees 1595 Dunedin Paint and Varnish Manufacturing Employees 18 PAINTERS AND DECORATORS 108 Auckland Painters and Decorators 450 *1965 Gisborne Painters and Decorators 1312 Taranaki Amalgamated Society of Painters, Decorators, and Leadlight Workers 105 1433 Hawke's Bay Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators 34 258 Wanganui Society of Painters and Decorators 63 129 Wellington Amalgamated Society of Painters, Decorators, Display and Poster 415 Artists 1484 Marlborough Painters and Decorators 17 445 Nelson Painters .. .. .. .. . J 31 1890 Westland Painters and Decorators 15 81 Christchurch Painters 349 481 Timaru Society of Painters and Decorators 41 1037 Oamaru Painters 12 93 Dunedin Painters 140 784 Southland Painters 50 * Registered subsequent to 31st December, 1945.

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Beg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. PAPER-MILLS EMPLOYEES 1877 1158 Whakatane District Paper-mill Employees Dunedin Paper-mills Employees PHOTO-ENGRAVERS 1 248 156 1888 New Zealand Photo-engravers PLASTERERS I 110 1946 216 New Zealand (except Otago and Southland) Plasterers and Related Trades Otago and Southland Operative Plasterers PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS 1 513 | 60 1817 1533 New Zealand (except Westland) Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Related Trades Westland Plumbers and Gasfitters PRINTING-TRADE EMPLOYEES 1 1,264 7 1862 1108 267 New Zealand Printing and Related Trades Auckland City Female Printing and Related Trades Otago Box-workers RADIO OFFICERS 3,305 350 63 1922 New Zealand Radio Officers .. .. .. .. .. ROPE AND TWINE WORKERS 54 1246 1201 1038 Auckland Rope and Twine Workers Canterbury Rope, Twine, and Flax-mill Employees Dunedin Rope and Twine Spinners RUBBER WORKERS 78 34 58 1556 1913 1873 Auckland Rubber Workers Wellington Rubber Employees Christchurch Rubber Workers RURAL WORKERS 218 13 142 1616 | | New Zealand Workers .. .. .. .. .. .. SACK AND BAG WORKERS | 15,089 1937 | | Auckland Textile, Sack and Bag Workers SADDLERY AND HARNESS WORKERS I 114 150 1871 223 182 Auckland Saddlers, Collar-makers, Bag-makers, Sailmakers, and Related Trades.. Wellington, Taranaki, and Nelson Saddlers, Bagmakers, Canvas-workers, and Related Trades Christchurch Saddlery, Bag, and Canvas Workers Otago and Southland Saddle-makers, Harness-makers, Collar-makers, Bag-makers, Cover-makers, and Bridle-cutters SEAMEN AND FIREMEN 420 74 115 44 1297 1305 1298 Auckland Federated Seamen's Wellington Federated Seamen's Dunedin Federated Seamen's 857 1,076 546

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. SHIPWRIGHTS. (See also Carpenters and Joiners) 1839 New Zealand (except Northern, Taranaki and Westland) Shipwrights and Boat88 builders 494 Auckland Ship, Yacht, and Boat-builders 312 SHOP-ASSISTANTS 152 Auckland Butchers 511 314 Auckland Grocers' Assistants 803 1434 Auckland Grocers' Shop-managers 157 501 Auckland Hairdressers' Assistants 299 1082 Auckland Retail, Chemists' Employees 111 1100 Auckland Amalgamated Society of Shop-assistants (other than Butchers', Grocers, 2,670 Hairdressers', and Chemists' Assistants) 1275 Gisborne Grocers' and other Shop-assistants 245 1122 Taranaki Amalgamated Society of Shop-assistants and Related Trades 575 1502 Wellington Amalgamated Society of Shop-assistants and Related Trades 4,314 1624 Blenheim Amalgamated Society of Shop-assistants and Related Trades.. 168 1178 Grocers' Assistants 86 1499 Nelson Shop-assistants 180 1639 Nelson Operative Butchers 46 1164 Westland Retail Shop-assistants 294 274 Canterbury Grocers' Assistants 530 236 Christchurch Hairdressers' and Tobacconists' Assistants 164 1933 Canterbury Amalgamated Shop-assistants and Related Trades (other than Grocers', 2,285 Tobacconists' and Hairdressers' Assistants) 221 Dunedin and Suburban Operative Butchers 197 1098 Dunedin Retail Chemists' Assistants 43 1167 Invercargill Retail Grocers' Assistants 125 1160 Oamaru Grocers' Assistants 30 1359 Otago and Southland Amalgamated Society of Shop-assistants (other than Grocers', 1,618 Butchers', Chemists', Tobacconists', and Hairdressers' Assistants) 217 Otago Grocers' Assistants 184 578 Otago and Southland Hairdressers' and Tobacconists Assistants 123 225 Southland Operative Butchers .. .. .. .. .. 75 SPORTS-GOODS EMPLOYEES 1670 | Auckland Sports-goods Employees.. .. .. .. .. 1 31 STONEMASONS 1788 | New Zealand Stonemasons .. .. .. .. .. .. | 158 STOREMEN AND PACKERS 1101 Auckland United Storemen and Packers (other than in Retail Shops) and Ware1,630 house Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) 1200 New Plymouth United Storemen and Packers (other than in Retail Shops) and 48 Warehouse Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) 1797 Wellington and Taranaki Cool-stores and Cold-stores Employees 71 1323 Hawke's Bay United Storemen and Packers (other than in Retail Shops) and Ware220 house Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) 773 Wellington United Warehouse and Bulk Store Employees (other than Drivers and 1,080 Clerks) 1163 Blenheim United Storemen's (other than Employees in Retail Grocery and Soft107 goods Establishments) 1613 Nelson Storemen and Packers 50 1095 Christchurch Storemen and Packers (other than in Retail Shops) and Warehouse 756 Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) 1403 Invercargill Wholesale Storemen and Packers and Warehouse Employees (other 205 than Drivers and Clerks) 1179 Otago and Southland Wholesale Storemen and Packers 550 1822 Otago and Southland Cool-store Employees 16

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Reg. No. Name. Number of" Members, December, 1945. SUGAR-WORKS EMPLOYEES 1168 Auckland Sugar-works Employees .. .. . 248 1799 Auckland Sugar-manufacturing Industry Technical and Engineering Staff and 33 Office Employees TALLY CLERKS. (See also Waterside Employees) 830 Northern Industrial District Tally Clerks 1851818 Napier Ships' Tally Clerks 14 1134 Wellington City Ships' Tally Clerks 90 1152 Lyttelton Ships' Tally Clerks .. • .. .. .. 40 1510 Dunedin and Port Chalmers Ships' Tally Clerks .. .. .. 35THEATRES AND PLACES OF AMUSEMENT EMPLOYEES 1794 New Zealand Musicians 1,647 1805 New Zealand (except Northern, Nelson, and Westland) Theatrical and Places of 878Amusement and Related Employees 1129 Auckland Theatrical and Places of Amusement Employees... 1,075 923 Auckland Motion-picture Projectionists 101 715 Auckland Stage Employees 40' 1729 Auckland Picture-theatre Managers, Assistant Managers, and Publicity Men's .. 12 1449 Taranaki Motion-picture Projectionists 12 1377 Wellington District Motion-picture Operators 111 1750 Nelson and Westland Picture-theatre Employees .. .. .. 38. 1931 Canterbury, Westland, and Nelson Motion-picture Operators 45 5 Christchurch Stage Employees 22 1450 Dunedin Motion-picture Projectionists 30 711 Dunedin Stage Employees 16 942 Dunedin Theatrical and Shows Employees (other than Stage Hands) 150TILERS AND SLATERS 1542 I 1 Auckland Roof Tilers and Slaters .. .. .. .. .. | 117' TIMBER-YARDS AND SAWMILL EMPLOYEES 1771 New Zealand Timber-workers 5,707 444 Auckland Coopers .. 50 1942 Nelson Timber Industry Employees 215 1943 Marlborough Timber Industry Employees 781944 Westland Timber Industry Employees 912. TOBACCO-MANUFACTURERS' EMPLOYEES 1929 | New Zealand Tobacco Products Employees .. .. .. .. .. ] 833 TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES 1865 New Zealand Tramways Authorities Employees 2,779* 1652 Auckland Transport Board Inspectorial Staff .. • 301638 Auckland Transport Board's Maintenance Officers 33 1500 Wellington Tramway Inspectors, Despatchers, and Depot Officers 22 1094 Dunedin Corporation Transport Officials 2fr WATERSIDE EMPLOYEES, STEVEDORES, AND TIMEKEEPERS 1718 New Zealand Waterside Workers 6,108 1532 Auckland- Assistant Stevedores, Foremen, and Timekeepers (in connection with 70Waterside Work) 1730 Auckland Receiving and Forwarding Wharf Foremen's and Assistant Foremen's.. 381519 Wellington Foreman Stevedores, Timekeepers, and Permanent Hands 85 1524 Lyttelton Foreman Stevedores and Permanent Hands 35 1692 Otago and Southland Shipping Foremen's and Assistant Foremen's 26-

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Reg. No. Name. Number of Members, December, 1945. WOOLLEN-MILLS EMPLOYEES 1155 769 266 77 6 Auckland District Woollen-mills, Knitting-mills, and Hosiery-factories Employees Wellington District Woollen-mills, Knitting-mills, and Hosiery-factories Employees Canterbury Woollen-mills, Knitting-mills, and Hosiery-factories Employees Otago and Southland Woollen-mills and Hosiery-factories Employees 530 1,038 1,017 1,585 Totals : Number of unions registered as at 31st December, 1945, 384 229,103