THE FLAX INDUSTRY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1910, Page 3

THE FLAX INDUSTRY.

* AWARD FOR THE WEST COAST. The new award made by the Arbitration Court to govern the flax industry on this Const makos soinu important piovi.sions. One of the most noteworthy is that for the rate for scutching. The employees wanted 28s, the employers 2-ls, and at the recent conference, the men agreed to 2(js, if, additional preference clause was agreed to. The award provides for 265. Another important ch:!i! ■.■;;.' wns the rat. , i.f board, in which the Court ,i ~!ii struck a happy medium. Tiie en.ployers wanted the allowance '„" be l'ss, the employees 1-ls, -anti the Court fixed l;Is. In eoimo<-i:io'i with tho hours of work th. j employees wanted an eight-hour day, with overtime, time and a quarter for the first two hours nnd time and a half afterwards. Tfie employers were willing to pay the usual overtime after the "week of 18 hours had been worked. The award fixes hours of labour at a -18 hours' working week, the employer being entitled to arrange hours according to the exigencies of his particular business.