ARBITRATION COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 June 1907, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

Ptfr Press Association. Auckland, June 14. The award of the Arbitration Court in the Auckland Waterside worker-,' ■dispute has been received |liy the Registrar. it lixes the wages substantially as asked for by the men. The workii ' hours are lixed at 8 a.m. till <,i p.m., exclusive of meal hours, with the exception of Saturdays, when the hours shall lie from 8 a.m. till p.m. The wages have been tix.'d as follows: Stevedores and general cargo work (including tally men, slackers and loaders) Is 3d per hour, overtime 2s, handling coal Is (id, overtime 2s, men employed as plankmen 2s, overtime 2s (Id, trimming or. carrying co il 2», overtime 2s (Id, repair work Is 3d, overtime 2s, carrying and stowing frozen meat aboard ship 2s, overtime 35,. do. on wharf Is lid, overtime 2s, and in cool chambers Is !!d, overtime guano workers (in bulk) Is (id, overtime 2s, night watchmen 10s per night, double time to be p::iil i'or fin Sundays, Christinas Pay. ] ami <i'K)d Fridays, and overtime for work on nine other holidays during the year. Preference is awarded, and It is provided that awards shall -not apply ■to permanent employees. TU" award will operate until July, 1000, or t'ie.'r(after until superseded by another. The jiiemorandinii to the award reads: s ".\t "the hearing Mr Way, who appeared for the union, stated that if preference to employment were granted to members of the union, the union would undertake to do all in its power to stop pilfering on the wharf. The court expects this to lie carried out." Mr Brown does not erfneur in the provision of the award, by which preference of employment is granted to the union. He thinks that circumstances in Auckland are different from those in ("Ireyinonth and Westport, where preference has already been granted.