SHEARERS' UNION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 6

SHEARERS' UNION.

REMITS FOE THE CONPEEENCE.

A' report presented, to. the : . last -meeting of the Shearers'-Union amgratulated;.the union on: the , .successful, resultslof ite organisers' efforts,. particularly: those of Mr. Hawkins, .'the. Maori" organiser for ■ Hawke's Bay, who had : collected over vE2OO in members' subscriptions.:'A rough estimate of-the ■ union's position:' placed the membership at about' 1800. The receipts to" date:totalled MIS, there being stiUa : large' amount ..outstanding, a, The report which 'also' dealt .with the .mat-, ter -of. registration,' was adopted.';.'y■,'. :• The, ■first;.subjeot~introduced:, was-that of the' Shearers' •Accommodation , AcVand a -lively > discussion : followed, the opinion being,'freely, and; forcibly ■expressed' , : that not only' was the Act y itself defective .in many respects, but. that it was not being Sroperly administered' < by' the , .; Labour'eparmicnt. \' ' '"■'. :'■'• .v: '.'i'"....- ,:'•' The question of engaging sheds, through registry.. offices •: came, up for discussion, and it. was resolved to l communicate with the: Mastertdn:, A:> and-.: P^ , ' Society,. asking that body to co-operate'with the union in-the matter, of: opening, a-bureau- for' ■the engagement of shearers/: .-'. '.'.'■ t- ''■•':,. , v'■' '• ...The meeting .discussed, thelrenrita for tne next; conference, which: is to. be' held at * Wellington ■' in March" aid: the, following decisions were: oomo to r— '. . '< '■/ ■; ;'■-. That:. IS •' hours : . ehall ~ constitute' a', ■ ', .week'e"work.- - .Wprk ; .' to";ceise':at ;, l2T : -..noon on :; Saturdays.-r i '.i;y : .,:, ■■",-., ■ :';"'• That■ all.experts be:reguired;to: hold'. , J:oertificato3:Of competen'oy. - v; ;-. -: . : "'.'.That'all::6heep;beomade?free-.from. . ;' dags '•; at: the sheepowner's ■ expense' be- /' fore being Bhqrn.'?/ r :Y , "; v-'i ,: *y : ' -::.': ; ' ■■' -That::the ; lnßpootor'of ;Accomjnoda- : -.tifltt.''.- be,'- authorised '.to/examiio the. ; , : sanitary,; oonditionsi'ofiWOolshede..,.: . ]■';'. member ;-be i% permittsd ..t0,,; : use,broad'cVimbs v unless.''sanie ar« pro-.';'" vided' by; the-.'eheepowners ;i 'for': :«Jl ':'■[. ,'"hands. , "';,- ; '-'v/'': T .':~.'-v':."'■':''..'•''' ■'.''''■. :' v -' : :'- ;■" ;■■■' That candidates 'for memberehip' ;. twho. have, in the past - refused, to: join , ~/i .and who'fare unable' to give satisfao-V: . tbry reasons for : same, be charged'.,'" !., .double entrance fees.. -'.:.■.:-..■.: :■: ■'