H.—ll.

Hours of Work fixed by Court of Arbitration in Awards and Orders-continued.

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Industry or Workers affected. Sc °P e A ™^ e W S^ 0n nOt C0Ver th0 Kemarks. Where Forty-hour Week is in Operation or substantially in Operation—continued. Painters and decorators .. .. Excluding 8 Paper-milling .; '. .. 4 .. .. .. Prom May to August Saturday work permitted for female workers employed in paper-sorting. Paper-bag, Sc., making .. .. 1, 2, 3, and Dunedin Photo-engravers ...... Piano-tuners .... 1 Plastering trade .. .. .. Excluding 8 Plumbing and gasfitting .. .. .. Ship-work, 44 hours. Rope and twine workers .. . . 1, 3> and 4 Rubber-workers .. .. 1 *Saddlers . . .1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 .. Shipwrights and boat-builders . . 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 . . .. Ship-work, 44 hours. Sports-goods manufacturing .. 1 and 2 .. .. .. Repair-shops, 44 hours. Stonemasons .. .. .. Excluding 8 . . ♦Storos employees—• Wholesale merchants .. .. Excluding 8 • .. . . ") n , , , ... , ... Oil-merchants Excluding 6, 7, and 8 .. .. *our hours extra permitted with pay Wool and grain merchants .. Excluding 8 f at ordmary rates in addition to Fruit merchants .. .. Excluding 8 J ordinary weekly pay. Sugar-workers . . . . .. Auckland . . .. .. Lightermen and watchmen, 44 hours. Tally clerks (ships) .. .. Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Port Chalmers, 44 and 48 and Timaru » hours. ♦Theatrical and stage employees .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 .. . . .. 44 hours for touring employees. Front-of-house workers .. .. .. Hours vary from 30 to 40, but in some oases cleaning-work, 44 hours. Motion-picture oporators .. .. Christchureh, 42-hour week. Tilers .. .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 Timber-yards and sawmills employees .. Saturday work permitted in certain oases. Tinsmiths and sheet-metal workers .. .. Ship-work, 44 hours. Tobacco-workers .. .. 2 .. .. .. .. ♦Tramway employees .. .. Auckland, Wellington, Christchureh, Certain exceptions-—see Awards. Dunedin, Invercargill, New Plymouthy and Wanganui Waterside workers Wicker-workers .. .. . . I, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 . . .. Woollon-mill workers . . . ■ 1, 2, 3, and 4 .. * Indicates that Saturday work is permitted. Where Hours oit Work fixed exceed Forty per Week. Bacon-workers .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 5 .. 44. Bakers . . .. .. .. Excluding 6 . . .. 44. Coal-carbonization employees .. Waikato and Christchureh .. 42 and 44. Dairy employees— Butter-factories .. • • -i Cream-bulking depots .. ..J li month,. Cheese-factories and cascin-creameries .. 52, 5 months; 44, 4 months; 38, 3 months. Casein-drying factories .. .. . . 44. Packing-houses, 40 per week. Milk-distribution workers .. Auckland, Wellington, and Christ- 42 and 44 per week to 88 per fortnight. ohurch Drivers — Local bodies .. .. •. •. 42J. Motor and horse .. .. Excluding 8 .. .. 44. Seasonal trades, 52 hours and , j 36 hours for an equivalent period. Goods transport and passenger , .. 88 a fortnight. Omnibus-drivers, 80. transport Fish trade .. .. 1 and Wellington .. 44. Flax-mill and flax-textile workers 2 .. .. .. 44. Forestry workers . . .. Excluding 6 and 8 .. 88 a fortnight. Freezing-works employees . . .. 44. Cool-stores employees . . . . 2, 4, and 5 . . .. 44. Tanners and feilmongers .. 1,3, and 4 .. .. .. 44. Wellington, 40 hours. Wool-scourers .. .. 2 and 3 .. .. .. 44. Meat-preBorving . . 1 . . .. .. 44. Glue-workers .. .. ... ' 3 •. .. .. 44. Gardeners .. .. 2, .3, 4, and 5 .. 44. District 5, 48. Journalists . . .... .. 80 to 92 hours per fortnight. Merchant service, also cooks and .. 56. stewards, seamen and firemen, wireless operators Oyster trade .. .. .. 4 .. .. .. .. 44. Printing trades .. .. .. .. 42 to 48. Female workers, Auckland and Wellington, 40-hour 6-day week. Shearers and shed-hands .. .. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 .. .. 44-. Shop-assistants, including butchers. .. 44. chemists, grocers, hairdressers, tearooms employees, private-hotel employees Threshing-mills employees .. Excluding 7 and. 8 . . .. Not fixed. Warehousemen .. .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 .. .. ..42. Industrial Districts arc referred to by numbers, as follows: Northern, 1; Wellington, 2; Canterbury, 3; Otago and Southland, 4; Taranaki, 5; Marlborough, 6; Nelson, 7; Westland, 8.