ARBITRATION COURT.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 November 1924, Page 7

ARBITRATION COURT.

ENGINEERING APPRENTICES. (BY ASSOCIATION. . ' WELLINGTON, Nov. 28. The question of apprenticeship orv- ders for the engineering .trade throughout the Dominion was before the Arbitration Court to-day. Mr Hamomnd, for the employers, said the Court was faced with a difficulty of preparing a Dominion order from four partial recommendations made by local committees at. Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. It had been agreed to accept the Otago recommendation, subject to certain modifications.

It /was recommended that the proportion of thb total number of apprentices to the total number of journeymen shall be not more than two to one in the engineering branch, and one to one in the moulding and boilermaking branches. The minimum rates of wages to be paid apprentices were recommended to be: First year 15s week, second 20s third 255, fourth 30s, fifth 40s. As to technical training, it was suggested that the radius be left to determination by the local committee haying regard to local conditions. Provision was made with respect to lost time and overtime. Details of various conditions affecting apprentices are being discussed at length. An application was made by the Motor Mechanics Union to have assistants in the trade brought under the provisions of the Apprentices Act. The question of wages was left to, the decision of the Court, which intimated its general intention to fix tjiem at the same rates as for engineering apprentices.