ARBITRATION COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 299, 27 May 1915, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT.

IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE RAISKD. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. The chemical manure workers' dispute came before the Arbitration Court today. The principal questions for settlement were those of wages and of the time for "smoko." The union asked that workers should get at least Is 3'jd per hour. It was contended that tlieri! were a number of awards in Otago and Southland which contained special pro-' vision for manure workers, but in no case was the wage less than Is 3d per hour. In the South Canterbury grain and wool workers' award, men handling oil or mixing manure were paid Is 4J<l per hour. For the employers it was contended that in this dispute a very big principle was involved, that was whether men who were in constant employment were entitled to receive the same wages as men who were only engaged for six or seven months in the year. It would be found that those men who were in permanent work and received constant wages had always been treated differently to those with broken time. An increase in wages to 10s per day was going to affect all manufacturing industries ill the Dominion. The Court took time to consider its decision.