LABOR DISPUTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 106, 14 May 1901, Page 3

LABOR DISPUTES.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

Christchurch, last night. The Trades and Labor Council has resolved that the Court of Arbitration has failed to give effect to the provisions of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act in not fixing the rate of wages for one of the departments referred to it for settlement in the boot trade dispute, when it was shown to the Court that the wages of those workers were fixed in Australia ani) America. ' The Arbitration Court has been occupied all day in hearing further evidence iu the dispute in connection with carriers, tanners, and the allied trades. Further hearing of the dispute was adjourned tiH May 31st. The members of the Court will leave for Dunedin to-morrow. Dunedin, last night. The coachmakers’ and wheelwrights dispute came before the Conciliation Board to-day. The reference of the men was very similar to the agreements in other centres, and as the easo proceeded the question resolved itself mainly into a question of wages, the men asking 12s, while the masters contended for a less sum per day. It was agreed to abolish piece work. The employers thought one > apprentice to three men was too little, and did' not eonsnder it desirable to have boys bound, as it was not always possible to say at the end of six months whether a boy had constructive ability.