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Hours of Work fixed by Court of Arbitration in Awards and Orders—continued.

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Industry or Workers affected. Sc0 P e of 0t J Rem arks. Where Forty-hour Week is in Operation or substantially in Operation—continued. * Optical-goods manufacturing . . I, 2, and 3 Paint and varnish making . . 1, 2, and 4 .. . . . . I Painters and decorators .. . . Excluding 8 *Paper-milling .. .. 4 . . . . .. I Paper-bag, &c., making .. . . Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, 6-day week permitted in Christchurch. and Dunedin *Photo-engravers.. *Piano-tuners . . .. 1 Plastering trade . . .. . . I, 2, 3, 4, and 5 .. .. [ Plumbing and gasfitting .... .. j Ship-work, 44 hours'. Rope and twine workers .. . . 1,3, and 4 Rubber-workers .. .. .. 1 *Saddlers .. .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 . . .. .. |' Shipwrights and boat-builders . . 1, 2, and 4 .. . . .. Ship-work, 44 hours. Sports-goods manufacturing .. 1 .. .. .. .. Repair-shops, 44 hours. Stonemasons .. .. .. Excluding 6 *Stores employees— Wholesale merchants .. .. Excluding 8 Oil-merchants .. .. .. Excluding 6, 7, and 8 .. .. \Eour hours permitted on Saturday for Wool and grain merchants .. Excluding 8 .. . . • • / special work. Sugar-workers .. .. .. Auckland .. .. .. Lightermen and watchmen, 44 hours. Tally clerks (ships) .. .. Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin and Port Chalmers, 44 and Timaru 48 hours. ♦Theatrical and stage employees .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 .. . . .. 44 hours for touring employees. Front-of-house workers .. .. 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8, also Christchurch | Hours vary from 30 to 40, but in some cases cleaning-work 44 hours. Motion-picture projectionists .. .. Christchurch, 42-hour week Tilers .. .. .. .. 1 and 2 Timber-yards and sawmills employees .. Saturday work permitted in certain ! cases. Tinsmiths and sheet-metal workers .. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Tobacco-workers .. . . 2 *Tramway employees .. .. Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Certain exceptions—see Awards. Dunedin, Invercargill, New Plymouth, and Wanganui Waterside workers Wicker-workers .. . . .. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 . . j Woollen-mill workers .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 . . J Where Hours oe Work eixed exceed Forty per Week. Bacon-workers .. .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 5 . . 44. Bakers .. .. .. .. Excluding 6 and 8 . . 44. Coal-carbonization employees . . Waikato and Christchurch . . 42 and 44. Dairy employees-— ■ Butter-factories .. ■ • 1 Milk-powder factories .. ..I .. 48, 4 months; 44, 3 months; 40, Condensed-milk factories • • I 5 months. Cream-bulking Repots . . .. J Cheese - factories and casein - . . 52, 5 months; 44, 4 months • 38 creameries 3 mon ths. Casein-drying factories .. .. .. • 44. Packing houses, 40 per week Milk-distribution workers .. Auckland, Wellington, and Christ- 42 and 44 per week to 88 per fortnight. ohurch Drivers— Local bodies .. .. .. .. 42J. Motor and horse .. .. Excluding 8 .. .. ..44. Seasonal trades, 52 hours and 36 hours an equivalent period. Goods transport and passenger .. 88 a fortnight. Omnibus-drivers 80. transport Eish trade .. .. 1 and Wellington .. .. 44. Flax-mill and flax-textile workers 2 .. .. .. . . 44. Forestry workers .. .. Excluding 6 and 8 .. 88 a fortnight. Freezing-works employees .. .. 44. Cool-stores employees .. .. 2, 4, and 5 .. .. 44. Tanners and fellmongers .. 1, 3, and 4 .. .. 44. Wellington, 40 hours. Wool-scourers .. .. 2 and 3 .. . . 44. Meat-preserving .. 1 .. .. .. 44. Glue-workers .. . . 3 . . . . . . 44. Gardeners .. .. . . 1, 2, 3, and 5 . . .. 44 or 48. Merchant service, also cooks and .. 56. stewards, seamen and firemen, wireless operators Oyster trade .. .. 4 .. .. .. 44. Printing trades .. . . .. .. 42 to 48. Female workers, Auckland , , an( l Wellington, 40-hour 6-day week, (shearers and shed-hands .. .. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 . . 44. Shop-assistants, including butchers, .. 44. chemists, grocers, hairdressers, tearooms employees, private-hotel employees Threshing-mills employees .. Excluding 7 and 8 .. .. From 52 to 60. Warehousemen .. .. .. 1, 2, 3, and 4 .. .. 42. * Indicates that Saturday work is permitted. Industrial Districts are referred to by numbers, as follows : Northern 1 • Wellington, 2; Canterbury, 3; Otago and Southland, i; Taranaki, 5; Marlborough, 6; Nelson, 7; Westland, 8. ' '