ARBITRATION COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 130, 25 February 1908, Page 4

ARBITRATION COURT.

GENERAL LABOURERS' AWARD. . The>Pre3ident I ;o'f'j'tho (^ r *...Justice.. Sim), has given, the fplipwmg interpretations;m. connection witliahe Jjeu- 7 eral Labourers'-award.' Clause 5. . "Tho. following, shall- be 'the' .mmimamv rates of,wages '.to be paid to :tho several, classes ,o£ workers re6pcctiyelys'Tiiii«' iiel work, tunnel men,! and timber. 'moU) i 10s.' per shift ; air other .workers-employed underground, 9s. per. shift ;y quarry work powdei men, hammer, and. drill men, .and, lumpei men, 9s. per day; 'general labourers/ not .hereinbefore -specified-, if .'continuously for r a period of oiie w'eek br per '.day; ; not hereinbefore : speci- , lied if employed for less than a' period of oho. week, Is., IJd. per hour. •' . . ■■■'". ' i .Question:■! The Gear Meat/Company, at their. works at Potbne; ;:ein'ploy- a largo, liumber of hands :-at' miscollanebus; employment, l such ? as is included in the. summary' heri>' under Carrying,- packing,'.-aiid;' loading ;wool: unloading'limo.arid salt; pushing'trucks and harrows containing' offal ;'fstacking : ahd loading; casks; of' tallow; .'carr.ving'and stacking :'mcat and;skins; trimming coal in'tliti enginoroom ; keeping walks and grounds in order. Do "tho einployeos'engaged of work/'enumerated: (ori any). comb; under .the. provisions', of' the abovo aw;a'i'd?. : ' .. : ' ? V; , ... Answer: Tho'Company -is ! .bound'i.by.vthe ■ provisions ;of: tho/ awiird ; if •ifc, :omplbys,''any, workers comiug.within tho scopo of "tie, award,';, and tho biily .'(juestion 'is whether' : ahy.,'6f' tho workers, specified : inl' thc .7 applicatioh' Vcome - within tho award.,': At.'.tho dis-. putq: was, treated as. applying only ■"ifco .-work- > ers' employed: by' local by contractors and. by- quarry-owners, 'aiid:- no' evidence . of any kiiid was' given, as to tlio wagos and con- ■ ditions : of-work of"'workers' such 'as thosa'' ■ specified; in ■■. tho' application! The:' Courtis of., opinion that : tho award does riot; apply; to any of tho workers specified in the application,. aiid applies! only, to workcrs omployed- ,byv local | ..and'-: quarrj'-ownfers, and to workers I'eniployeH by; other employers when 'doing' work' similar to that done by local bodies, .contractors, and quarry : bwnbrs.'", Clause 13. "Thopreference : clause"; shall not apply, to the. omployiuent. of workers' engaged'on' tho'spot outsido tha city ofr.Wel-'' lington: or the.,.suburbs';theroof. ,^.r''^?.i:';! ,'.' Question': ■In the' area included; within'' a radius:of'2o,miles;frqm ; tho Chiefrßost" Office in AVelliiigtoh (tho scope of tho-award) -which'' places are suburbs'' of Wellington., within'tho meailing of the. above-mentioned . clause?'- " ' .Answer: ..Of .th'o, place's'. l adjacent ..to. Weilington only those which are; contiguous or practically. contiguous to the city are to', be' treated-, as suburbs'for the purposes' of tho award.' Thus of the /places lianicd (tliO- fol-: lowing,, for pxaihple, ar'o -.to he ' treated; as' suburos: ICaiwarrai Miraiuar, Earori, and Ooslow. : On. the other hand,. : places "siich as Lower Hut-t," PetonCi -Johnsonyille, Seatoun, and Day's Bay,-are not to, bo treated as suburbs. ' .