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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11487, 21 January 1903, Page 8

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRES3.

Sir, —Now tliat the Trades' and Labour Council have catechised the candidates, aixl the latter have replied, it is pertinent to point out what both are apparently ignorant of, viz., that th*re is an Act'entitokd "Th« Public- Contracts Act, 1900.' which provides that in any contract *ntared into by any public authority the hours and rate of pay shall be "such as are generally considered in the locality to bs usual and fair for the description of labour to wliieh they, relate," and k>. no «tse shall the hours be longer or the pay iess than those fixed by the Arbitration Coutt for such work in the- district; in no case shall the hours exceed eight, exclusive of overtime. So that the contrac

these terms, which are " deemed to hf incorporated in the contract." jJl'the staff, when trains are running, I ttkt it that any dispute will l*s xettled by the • Arbitration Court. Indeed, an tnasteee of public money, tlte Board oould not imw\ exorbitant wages and make up the <iS. ticiency out of the r;vtex, except by order of the Court. No doubt tlie Trades* and Lr.bour Council would put up wages to the extreme limit that the rating would pr©. diice. but the tramways shmiiU be paid tot by those who use them.—Yours, et« . LOOKER-ON. TO THE EDITOB OF THE PRESS. * Sir,—l have noted ih.,t the views of Mr J H. Xewlyn, who h-..5. I consider, stron* da-nw :.. a seat on the Bi.ard. have no*louini vent, in your coiamns. Mr Xewlye" has tor n,.niy ytar.s past t:.ken, thioi'n'h the mlmmw of urn- jmblic r-ress, an active *.-■ teiest in public and municipal nutters H« is Imn. ewretaiT of the Burgesses' As ; ' sr.ciation, for which he has done coit sidmble work. Some years ago M? Newlyn was a staunch advocate of the n-unicipalisation of our tram system in which he had. at that time, some interest. \\e cannot the many services whicb the pen oi Mr New'yn has" rendered to tht colony; in lespeet to tlw cheap money scheme and jiwny other lurge matters of public interest his woik must be rentembered. I believe that many o£ the burgesses would be sony if any 'pricked ticket prevented his obtaining a, seat on U»" Board.—Yours, etc.,

C. I). LIGHTBAND. January 19th, 1905.