ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 180, 25 April 1919, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT

TERMS OF SEVERAL-AWARDS, ay Tclcsrapp I'w AJ«»rmtlnn . Christchurch, April 24. The Arbitration Court has awarded the manure, tallow and soap workers a. bonus of 2id. per hour; and increased the minimum wage of tailors to .£3 15s. per week, and that of tailbresses to 3.VS. per week for six months after completing their apprenticeship, -and thereafter to 40s. The Christchurch and Tiinaru quarry workers have been granted a 48 hours' week, and the following wages Certificated men, Is. 4kl. .per hour; others, Is. 3\d.; in addition to a bonus of 21d. per hour. - In the moulders' . dispute machine helmen have been granted Is. hour, and journeymen moulders Is. 73d.,. with a bonus of 2Jd. per hour. Bacon curers' wages have been fixed as fellow:—Head curer, £4 per -week; slaughtermen, etc.. Is. 4UI. per hour; cellarmen, etc.. Is. 3Sd. pel' hour; with a bonus of 2.', d. per hour. In the local bodies' disputes, rock tunneimen have been granted 7a. 7M. per hour, clay tunnelnien Is. 4-Jd.i and other workers is. illd. per lioui'. with a bonus of 2Jd. The 6ame scale of wages apnlies to builders, contractors, and general labourers in South Canterbury.' In the bakers' dispute the award pro-, vitles for a 33 hours' week, with wages as follow:—Foreman,<,£4 per week; iourneymim. ,£3 10s.; labonrers, .£3. In conntry bakehouses the waaes arc to be .£'3 10s.. with an outmit. of 2000 loaves per week; .£3 55., with 1500 loaves; X' 3. with 1250 loaves; and .£2 15s. under 1250 loaves. The South Canterbury painters' award provides for a minimum wage of Is. fid. and a bonus of 3d. per hour, and the wool nTid'srnin: store award for Is sid. ner hour, and a bonus of I'd. per hour; bulk iTiannre workers, 3d. an hour extra, and bagged manure workers lJd. an hour extra.

A Labour rally will be held in the Theah'e op Snfubv TiirrM. The animal me°tin? of the Vc n ' 7piland section of the llpi'diarf Scvicp fluilil of 1 Australasia will bo h"ld on Mon-(V-v nexl. ."t 11 a.m. Thp Christiania police recently seized !u'n nnckfliPS wbieli. on hpin<j onpned. were found to contain two richly adornpd ifiwel-rasps, oiipinnlly belonpinc to. Hi" fn'nilv of Hip Into Tsar, and inscn with the ii.itials of the Willielm anil Charles (of Austria). Larjje areas of land in the United Style* hare been planted with castor hnans with ;i view (o obtaining oil for the aeroplane industry. Cnstor oil has been found' to be one of the best and cafest of lubricating oils, mid it is hoped that 2,000,000 gallons may thus be produced.'