CREAM CARTAGE.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 353, 6 February 1937, Page 5

CREAM CARTAGE.

Dairy Companies In State Of

Bewilderment.

Press Association—Copyright.

Te Awamutu, To-day.

Comment on the effect of recent legislation on dairy companies’ contracts.' for cream cartage was made recently by Mr. A. J. Sinclair, secre-tary-manager of the Te Awamutu Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Dairy companies were in a state of bewilderment as the result of recent legislation, he said. The Finance AdjuEtmeint Act of 1936 had made it necessary for them to revise their cream contracts to provide for increased wages and other additional increases caused by the legislation of the past year. It was quite clear, however, that owner-drivers who held cream contracts did not come under these provisions', and the onus rested entirely upon dairy companies to see that hese contractors were treated equitably.

“Licensing authorities are at present granting licenses to cream contractors imposing conditions which are impossible where cream is collected seven days a week,” said Mr. Sinclair. “It is a standing grievance in our industry that aiwards are made between employers and employeesl in related industries without any reference to us, although we are the people who pay.”