ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3090, 22 May 1917, Page 6

ARBITRATION COURT

Carpenters , & joiners' award. By Teleeraph.-Press Association. mm. .*~ Dunedih, May 21. me Arbitration Court has drawn uu ;an award in the carpenters' dispute >hich has been before the Court in-the .various centres The ward, which will apply to tho ,whole Dominion, will "rant * bonus oi2d. per hour during the°cm,rxency of the war, making the wages Is. Sd. per hour. The award stipulates that every apprentice to the carpentering or ..joinery trade shall for the first three jears of apprenticeship, or until he has , passed a set examination, attend a course Wα!' ado . ln , Stl ' U I <i ti ° 11 at the ne »«*t tech- • meal school.. If. an apprentice has a 70 ,per cent, attendance at school classes the ■,-,iees shall be refunded by th'e employer > fif P^ M a ? e»fination equivalent v to the. City and Guilds of Won, the .apprentice shall in the fourth and fifth years be paid ss. per week in excess of : the apprenticeship wage; If the nearest technical school is more than three miles ; from the residence of, an apprentice, the compu sory clauses shall be, inoperative, ihe allowance for men working in the country ha?»been increased from 2s. to ,35. . m. per day, or an employer may proTide suitable board and lodgings.