CONCILIATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 151, 22 July 1901, Page 2

CONCILIATION BOARD.

(PKR PEBSS ASSOeiATION ) Wmjunotoh, July 20. The recommen iatioi a of the Cociliation Board with regard to the priming machinists' dicputr, ate thati all places other thau Wellirgo', Napier, and Wangatiui classed as country offices. In the towns mmed, letter-press journeymen and machinists to get a minimum wage of £2 18s, and lithographic £3 per week uf 45 hours, and in couot'y £2 101 for the same hours. Country office arrangsmeuts as to overtime and holidays are to r«uuin as at present, but in the three principal towns there ar* to be nine holidays, including Eastsi Saturday, Country offices are to arrange bow tbeh-U 8 sha'l be worked, and country employers are to arr nge with their men as to ths number cf mnchiaes. Proportion of apprdtttio«e to be one boy to three meo, all apprentices to be indenture! for six yean, and in tbe threi towns nanv.d they sha'l start at 7s 6d per week, with a rise of 2s 6d every six months. Th's settlement is to. hold gool fov twj years.. The oifcy employers have intimated their in'en'ion of carrying the dispute to the Arbitration Ojnrt.