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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2732, 29 March 1916, Page 5

The Arbitration Court's award inth« • j meat preservers' trade has been filec i (states the Auckland _ "Herald"). Th(. ] only substantial question in dispute wat ! . as to the minimum rate of wages. This the Court settled, the following wages ' clause being embodied in the award:— ' j Preservers supervising pans, or retortsy j Is/ 6d. ; !per hour; tinsmiths, Is.; 3d.-per hour; tin-cleaners and tin-washers', le. \ ljd. per hour; all other workers in con. .] nection with the industry, Is.. 2Jd. per | hour; boners, Is. Gd. per hour. The i rates to be paid to boys were fixed at \ from 17s. 6d. per week for boys under : 16 to £2,per week for,those from.2o to 21 vears old. ' "i " 'Ow wus .'© run over,.' Bill?" "Pick, i in'up a'orseshoe for luck 1" I "Before we were married, you used to ' send around a dozen roses every week," . ; said she. "Roses are easy," replied he, j "This week I'm going to 6end around j two tons of coal and a rib-roast." "Now, Willie, soe the nice cake I j have made for you for- your birthday." "Can I eat it all myself?" "Why, of course not/ You would be; sick," I "That's just the way with you, mamma, j Wbenever you do give me > anything j nice, you always tie a string to it." ' j :. .A caller mentioned 'that a '.neighbour . i had been obliged, to, shoot j cause it had grown old and cross; .and i after be bad gone little Edith, who hnd\ 1 been very quiet since the dog bad' boeri J spoken of, surprised her mother by asking: "Mother, when do vou think daddj j will shoot Aunt Sarah?" ' t ~.,^,:i , ; MOTOR, COMMERCIAL.¥EB3CL'tiS./. 1 We can give immediate delivery. Him ! just landed ex s.s. Eimutakaand s.s. Kauri, 1 2J-ton "Star" Chassis.and 2 3J- • toa Keptfbllo Truck Chassis. Prices and j catalogues posted on application, De- • | monstrations can,be arranged. Sole agents, ' j ■ T J«liaProj u Harris Street,—Advt, ' ;: j