QUESTION OF PAYMENT.
SCHEME 13 WORKERS. Per Press Association. WAIHI, Sept. 12. Whether five men _ who had been employed by the Waihi Borough Council under Scheme 13 on' the building of stone' 1 walls were entitled to be paid wages at the rates provided under the New Zealand stone masons’ award was a point Mr Freeman, S.M-, was called upon to decide in the Waihi Magistrate’s Court, when proceedings were taken against the council to recover more than £IOO, the balance between the amounts paid to the men. and that payable under the stone masons’ award. There was also a claim against the council for a penalty of £5 in respect of each man for an alleged breach of the northern industrial borough councils’ award, in that the council failed to pay the employees oil the work covered by. another award the rate fixed by such award. Decision was reserved.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 7
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150QUESTION OF PAYMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 7
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