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in charge of bag-room, 65s. per week ; boy in bag-room, 20s. per week ; carters, 48s. 6d. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week for shift men and 45 per week for other workers. O Photo-engraving .. Head operator, 80s. per week ; journeymen operators, 70s. ; head etcher, 80s. ; journeymen, 70s. ; printers, 50s. ; apprentices, six years, 10s. to 40s. per week. Journeymen (registered plumbers), Is. 6d. per hour ; other journeymen, Is. 5d. per hour ; apprentiees, six years, 6s. to 35s. per week. Ho«rs of labour, 44 per week. See Saddle and harness making •—' Plumbers and gasfitters Same as Northern Same as'Northern Same as Northern. Portmanteau and leathergoods making Printing Auckland City. —Linotype and monotype operators on daily newspapers : Day hands, 74s. per week; night hands, 82s. per week ; all other day operators, 70s. ; night operators, 76s. Monoline operators : In towns of population of over 2,500 persons— day, (ids. ; night, 72s. : in towns with population of 2,500 persons or less — day, 60s. ; night, 66s. Simplex machine operators : In towns with population of over 2,500 persons —day, 60s. ; night, 66s. : in towns with population of 2,500 persons or less —day, 55s. ; night, 61s. Stone and bulk hands : On daily newspapers, Auckland City — day - work, 65s.; night, 70s. per week : second hands, 70s. (day) and 75s. (night); casual hands, Is. 9d. per hour. Probationers (six months) on lino and other machines — day, 50s. ; night, .">(>s. per week : on attaining speed of 4,000 ens on linotype or 3,000 ens on monoline machine —day, 60s.; night 66s. per week. Piecework rates : 3d. to 3Jd., with fat, per 1,000 ens, and 3£d. without fat. Apprentices (six years), 10s. to 40s. per week (when on machines, 2s. 6d. per week extra). Hours of labour, 42 per week. Letterpress-machinists in Auckland City and Gisborne : Journeymen, 65s. per week. In other parts of district, 55s. per week. See Saddle and harness making Same as Northern, substituting " Wellington City " for " Auckland City." Bookbinders and paper-rulers. —Same as Canterbury. See Saddle and harness making Same as Northern, substituting " Christchurch " for " Auckland City." Bookbinders, paper-rulers, and cutters : Journeymen bookbinders and paperrulers, 65s. per week; journeymen cutters pn defined work, 65s. per week ; cutters on other J[work — first 60s., second 55s., third 45s., fourth 35s. per week; casual workers, Is. 6d. per hour; apprentices, sixjyears, lOs.ito 35s. per week labour,J48 per week. See Saddle and harness'makhif.'. Same as " Dunedin " for " Auckland City." ' Bookbinders, paper-rulers, and cutters. — Same as Canterbury. • Letterpress - jpf]o r n i n g— ■ Head, 75s. per week ; first .assistant, 60s. per week ; second assistant, 55s. per week ; third assistant, 50s. per Same as Wellington, substituting " Dun edin," " Oamaru," and " [nvercargill : for places mentioned. Letterpress - machinists in City and Wanganui, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Petone, and Lower Hutt — ■ .Journeymen, 65s. per week ;