CONCILIATION BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 72, 18 December 1907, Page 8

CONCILIATION BOARD.

TH EMITSTERERS'-DISPUTE. 1 . (bt ' telegraph—ruEss association.) "' ' , ' Dunedin,. December'i". J The..;Cfinciliatiori!. a.:'recbm'men;di-. •< tiqn to-uay. in /.the .dispute between, the Otago j and /s6'nibland';Miiste^rs''' i Workers' an'd'.th'e Ofagb and Southland shiiep- •< jwneirs. .'The .principal recoihraSndfitions' are: ' —Leading .^ 'shepherd's, whether of ;]ong woo For, nerinp" flock's, where two or riibre shepherds' are'kept; shall be paid not. less : than,-<£Bs pef, j aniiufti; ordinary, shepherds of- all long, wool or' ' merino flocks, not,less. than.,£7o pjer 'tinnum-; , these rates,: to apply only, to, men engaged- exclusively..as shepherds',-aiid not;to •'farm-1 lab- .' oure'rs, who, may be ' occasionally'employed','in 1 shepherding. When. musterers are' engaged''td ; muster sh'edp they shall be paid not leSs'tKiin 'i 10s.; pgr. day,.arid no.'..timo. shall be taken' off i fol" ■' other cause over] which- - the ihe'h have 'ho'-' : coiitfol. 'Mu'sterors-'shall-, 1 ■where, practicable,-; be supplied • with. goo'd;' dry; , Bieopill'g accomuro'dation\ on-Vthe hills', and- pro- ! viiio'iishall ? b'e'>made' fpr, the prpteCtibn. of :-all ', bedding '.from, -th? wet. during - transit'and' while in use. "In-the.-pret'ace tp the award, the Boird states that' the'-evidence. is : very.;meagre', and : they were., hampered - by.: the .absence; o£ any Bvidence...on, behalf -,of the,/employers. ;■ ;.The'.. Slieepowners' 'Association • are. dissatisfied with; the" recommendations', of ..file!. Conciliation-.' Board "in! the niiist?rp'rs' dispute';, and have ;d;6- ' cided,! to take..' the', cafee to ~thc ' Arbitration Court' at the sitting, in February ' 1 '