930

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 21

Arbitration Act Amendment Act, 1908, and number 34 of the
regulations thereunder.

Dated at Auckland, this 4th day of March, 1914.

O. E. BOWLING,
Clerk of Awards.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

Hours of Work.

1. (a.) THE actual working-time per week shall not exceed forty-
   seven hours.
   (b.) The actual working-time per day shall not exceed eight
   hours and a half for the first five working-days of the week, and
   four hours and a half on Saturday.
   (c.) Work shall not commence earlier than 7.30 a.m. and cease
   at 4.45 p.m., and three-quarters of an hour shall be allowed for
   dinner, except on Saturday, when work shall cease at noon.
   (d.) Where shifts are worked the shift’s work shall not exceed
   eight hours per day, inclusive of crib-time.

Overtime.

2. (a.) In case of shift-men they shall be paid at the rate of
   time and a quarter if required to continue work after completion
   of their ordinary shift, and in cases of emergency it shall be com-
   petent for the company to start its men at an earlier hour than
   that provided for in this award, providing that after eight hours
   (inclusive of crib-time) have been worked it shall be considered as
   overtime and paid for at overtime rates.
   (b.) The above clause (a) shall not apply when workers arrange
   to work double shifts or overtime for the convenience of their
   fellow-workers.
   No shift-man shall absent himself from work without lawful
   excuse, and no worker shall take the place of another worker
   without having first obtained the permission of whoever for the
   time being is in charge of the department affected.
   (c.) All time worked beyond hours herein prescribed shall be
   paid for as overtime at the rate of time and a quarter until mid-
   night, and thereafter until the usual starting-time at the rate of
   time and a half.

Holidays.

3. All work done on Sundays shall be paid for as overtime
   work at the rate of time and a half. All work done on New Year’s
   Day, Boxing Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,
   Easter Saturday, and the recognized Labour Day for the Auck-
   land Province shall be paid for at double the time rates.

Rates of Wages.

4. The following shall be the minimum rates of wages to be
   paid to the several classes of workers hereinafter specified, that is
   to say,—

Rotary burners at present in the employ of s. d.
the company ... ... ... 11 0 per shift.
Rotary burners—subsequent employees to
start at ... ... ... 10 0 ,,
Stone-driers ... ... ... 9 6 ,,
Firemen ... ... ... 9 6 ,,
Trimmers ... ... ... 9 0 ,,
Clinkermen ... ... ... 9 0 ,,
Coal-driers . ... ... ... 9 0 ,,

Greasers ... ... ... 9 0 ,,
Turbine-room ... ... ... 9 0 ,,
Fitters’ labourers, blacksmiths’, strikers’,
carpenters’ labourers ... ... ... 9 0 ,,
Feeding crusher ... ... ... 10 0 per day.
General labourers ... ... ... 8 6 ,,
Shovelling crushed stone to elevator ... ... ... 1 0½ per hour.
Drawing lime-kilns and wheeling to crusher ... ... ... 1 1½ ,,
Cleaning boilers ... ... ... 1 3 ,,
Combustion chambers, rotary chambers, and
economizers ... ... ... 1 3 ,,
Bagging cement ... ... ... 9 0 per shift.
Bagging lime ... ... ... 9 0 ,,
Quarrymen ... ... ... 9 6 per day.
Men working drills ... ... ... 9 9 ,,
Bracemen, winchmen, and men handling
white limestone ... ... ... 9 4 ,,