LEFT WAIOURU

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21193, 16 August 1940, Page 2

LEFT WAIOURU

CARPENTERS AND FARE INTERPRETATION SOUGHT (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday In the Industrial Court today Mr J. Gilmour, S.M., reserved decision on an application by the Inspector of Awards for an interpretation in the carpenters and joiners’ award, whether men engaged at Auckland for work at Waiouru Camp and who left before completion of the job were entitled to the fare home. For the employers it was argued that the provision meant that they were entitled to the fare only in the event of sickness or accident, or once every three months. It was also stated that the question had already been decided by Mr Justice Frazer, who was quoted as saying a worker was entitled to the return fare only after he had been three months on a job, and that a worker was not entitled to be paid travelling time on the way home if he left the job before completion, unless dismissed for a reason other than misconduct or incompetence. The company concerned, the Residential Construction Company, was stated to have employed 360 men at Waiouru for approximately six weeks up to last Monday. About 16 per cent left after working for three days to five weeks.