Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3097

Unskilled Labour.

4. That no unskilled worker be allowed to assist in the operation of the making and baking of bread.

Sunday Sponging.

5. Sunday sponging to cover all statutory and public holidays.

Holidays.

6. (a.) Any work done on any of the following holidays shall be paid for at the rate of 3s. per hour in addition to the usual weekly wages: New Year’s Day, 2nd January, Show Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Prince of Wales’s Birthday, Sovereign’s Birthday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day. Any work done on Labour Day shall be paid for at the rate of 1s. 9d. per hour in addition to the usual weekly wages.

(b.) When any holiday shall be generally observed in any city or town on any day other than that prescribed hereby the provisions of this award shall apply to such substituted holiday in such city or town.

Rate of Pay for Sunday Work.

7. Rate of pay for Sunday work to be 3s. per hour in addition to usual wages.

Payment of Wages.

8. That all wages shall be paid weekly in the bakehouse on Saturdays, within fifteen minutes of leaving off work.

Apprentices.

9. (a.) Any employer taking an apprentice shall be deemed to have undertaken the obligation which he agrees to perform as a duty enforceable under this award of teaching such apprentice the trade, and shall pay such apprentice not less than the undermentioned rate of wages: For the first six months, 12s. 6d. per week; second six months, 15s. per week; third six months, 17s. 6d. per week; fourth six months, £1 per week; fifth six months, £1 2s. 6d. per week; sixth six months, £1 5s. per week; seventh six months, £1 7s. 6d. per week; eighth six months, £1 10s. per week: fifth year, £2 per week. Term of apprenticeship, five years.

(b.) Where an apprentice has to board with an employer the sum of 7s. 6d. per week shall be allowed for the first year’s board, 10s. per week for the second year’s board, 12s. 6d. per week for the third year’s board, and 15s. per week for the fourth year and after.

(c.) The period of apprenticeship shall be for five years, but three months’ probation shall be allowed the first employer of any apprentice to determine his fitness, such three months to be included in the period of apprenticeship.

(d.) At the end of the period of apprenticeship the employer shall give the apprentice a certificate to show that he has served his apprenticeship. Should the employer at any time before the termination of the apprenticeship wish for any reason to dispense with the services of the apprentice, he shall give him a certificate for the time served, and procure him another employer carrying on business within a reasonable distance of the original employer’s place of business, who will continue to teach the apprentice, to pay him the wages prescribed by this award according to the total length of time he has served, and generally to perform the obligation of the original employer: Provided that it shall not be obligatory upon the employer to find the apprentice another employer if he shall so misconduct himself as to entitle the employer to discharge him, but he shall give him a certificate covering the time actually served.

(e.) If an employer shall from any cause beyond his control be unable to fulfil his obligation to an apprentice it shall be lawful for such an apprentice to complete his term with another employer,