CARPENTERS’ CASE.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 June 1923, Page 4

CARPENTERS’ CASE .

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Li. LI vet I.! .>\ iiii il imsniiai' il ISlilnllr- Miiiv ; IJ -1 > I v Ini' D,.lliillli.il as i\ >ji'.;iiiti'ni' ami iii. hull'll in i!11• award. .Mr llloodunrt h intimated Unit ilia |i ppljrat ion uas i i i r a i ’• uni lliuti award. Tlu' union el, aimed, nuuitiir < ■ ■ I' 1 ■ Ll l i 11 Li n, j >: I > !!!<■>! t ill LI IKekly W;‘"'e linin'. Tin' miinn also asked thut a lui'i'inaii ‘■liiiilliJ ri'i-i'ii i' an aililit iuiial M s a (lay, ainl dial tin.’ present. payiiunil i.l ns pur flay in men woi'kiny in t! :■ - enimtry In' emit illHeil. Mr lilnmlxviirl!i said il I! il 1 l,i an anivoil dial joinl i ■ >■ 1111:i 11 <-■ ■ should inti-Her eortain iinpni tain iir-iii'-, widi a view of liriiiyiiiLt forward. Vih.ni id. award e\nr prohably earlier, an si pilin'- ; 11..11l uhifli xvnulii i'lili I .In till' Liard' a- ! a whole ii) render licit or servin' tn the | <' rnmimiiy. and at tin 1 same tilin' m- | • 'tiro for dip lratio tlie emisiileratimi ; v 'lull ii- importance iran'a'ito'l. Tin'! union desired a weekly wane instead j of tin hourly h.-mis, hitherto the in-- I rnin ni i ho tradi*. Tiio union eon i 'iiiled that iho slim lay nf ki!!o;l i iii' ii was larsiely the result of ;i sys-| tern nf I'.aynn'iit liy the lumr ami th.'j t'ttsuti! nalure el the employment. The | union was seehinn, he said, to lku ! 11 wav from dm eo-i of livilw' liasis, as I ho torniod ii. lie eontendeil that in- j ere."ses ndc-d for were net likely 1,, \ reuse the cost nf ImiHiny.

I'THTii i-:r PARTrrri.AHs. j i avi-:ij.i !'rit\ 2r. I 111 the (iirpeiiiier.s’ di-pute. Mr Suij 1 liit’c (socretn r.v .2 the Canierhury I'l .’uu h i>i t ln* .As,(iriiiti(in) supported , 1 Ilf MiirpllK.Mlt that tlis littmell could not j id t.-iiii (iiiiicll.-itioii n ill; the rivitl u- - i it'll. 1 U! he milled th.it hi, hriniel, , j in lull the stronger mmu rietdlv. I'uder ! till- present I institution, it ,'nidd n.n j ehtnin tile advantage el the pn-fcrvn. e i | clilU'C. | Ah- IVnrl (secretnr.v nf the C.»i,t,i----j bury Carpenters’ mid .loincrs' Hnion) j ‘■'tii'l ’lull he ivit, net aw,'ire that their I nile> were contrary to the Ait. liis Meueur: Certainly nut t,i t'.e j -Act. I,lit contrary to the terms of the f preference l clause. V.m cannot exer- ’ ci,e the proterenee clause to rafse levies. A it! may charge an entrance ice. .and ii' a weekly f it (Id, per week, hut a . man has a right to kmnv what Ids liabilities are when he ioii.o is there any nc.s-ihle hope of the two unions amal- J guinaiingf '•■a Sutcliffe: Ve-. it i. possihle for | the other union to amalgamate and keep their individualit .. Air Pearl: Wo could nut d . that, av e have certain fttutls which have 1 cm i invested in Government securities. 1 His Honour: If ve .put in a. prefc-r----on.o clause, it will not he worth twopciu o if you do not rectify your ruh?=. The ease was adjourned. WKLUNV.TOV .Tune Tlie Arbitration Court to-day contilined the hearing of the .■•pplincii.ii of the Amalgamated Society ef Carpenters and Joiners for a Dominion Award. Charles Ernest Hunt, organiser to the- Carpenters’ Association, Dunedin, said that at present there were no car-

pentera and joiners unemployed in Dunedin. The men employed on big jobs were paid the minimum rate, while those employed on small jobs were paid something more. The co.-t of rarpeiitertools was higher now than in If'il. i'he price of the ordinary kit amounted to £ls. A complete kit lor a man going into a factory co-.t £si| ami upwards. Numbers of up.n. in the Dunedin di-irii-i had I if carjiemering and taken up oilier work because 1 broken time, fit carp''.mm ing the average los- of time in a year from all can::'- was about a month. Krtiest Char!..-- Slit: 1 1 li. organising srrivtar,.. 'I the t I!. ■!lt <A - ltd 11-11 11 j-; ; ; !:: '■• '.' a. mb 1 Use! 1 mic- gl- - tig on f 1 ■ 1 aOi i o : im' r ' 1 1,.,ur. Tb, liji-.r rate wa- pet-l pi ( ot I age wink. TI:;. Cmili ititluai I thai it m: ;V he pcs - i id.. to frame a suburban work ,-lau-e whi: li v.oabl g imra! in it-, sp pi; -a 1 ion. ami thus . bvinfe t G.■ vi-tt ;ug i f Other lii-tricis to c-eq-id"!* in -il •. on Pit ions. ’ldle clause would e-tabltsh a genera! prim iple : i:' 1 • ty. uuosua! local couditi-uir could be 1 r I.' i(.i.'»i foi by adding qualii.' O ainb i ,||! •