JULY 21] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1547

(g) A blacksmith while engaged on tool-sharpening shall continue to
be paid as a blacksmith.

(h) A surfaceman is expected to perform any class of necessary main-
tenance work at his ordinary rate of pay, provided the work will not be of
sufficient duration to warrant the employment of a tradesman.

11. ERECTION OR DISMANTLING OF SCAFFOLDING

A worker, while erecting or dismantling scaffolding at a height of 12 ft.
or more above the ground or floor level shall be paid at not less than labourer's
rate plus 3d. an hour.

12. SHAFT-SINKINGS AND EXCAVATIONS IN DEPTH, OTHER THAN CUTTINGS

(a) A shaft or narrow excavation shall be deemed to commence where
it starts to go underground, and not necessarily from the original ground
surface. The rates of pay for workers while so excavating underground shall
be—

First 10 ft. ... Not less than skilled labourer's rate.
Over 10 ft. ... Not less than tunneller's rate.

(b) All other workers (tradesmen, handymen, &c.) while temporarily
employed underground in shafts and narrow excavations shall be paid an
allowance of 3d. an hour.

(c) Except in the sinking for tower foundations, the above provisions
shall not apply to excavations of less than 5 ft. underground.

13. WORK IN CYLINDERS UNDER COMPRESSED AIR

(a) While working in a cylinder under compressed air a worker shall be
paid at labourer's rate plus 2s. an hour. A medical certificate of fitness
shall be supplied by the worker, and the Department shall refund the
medical fee upon production of receipt therefor. Hot coffee shall be provided
for cylinder-workers when leaving the airlock, and facilities shall be provided
for dressing.

(b) The hours of work for each shift will be varied according to the
pressure used, but a continuous shift of eight hours may be worked where
the pressure does not exceed 20 lb. a square inch.

14. ALLOWANCES

(a) Bosun's Chair.—A worker required to work from a bosun's chair
or free swinging stage (secured only from above) shall be paid an allowance
of 2s. a day while so employed.

(b) Charge.—A worker (other than a co-operative contract worker)
while temporarily employed in an advanced capacity and in charge of at
least two workers other than himself shall be paid an allowance of ls. 6d.
a day, or 2s. a day when one of the party, other than himself, is a tradesman.

(c) Meal.—A worker shall be paid a meal allowance of 2s. 6d. (or
be provided with a meal) when—

(i) He works at least two hours overtime; and
(ii) The work necessitates his taking a meal away from home (or
usual cook-house), which otherwise he would not have taken
away from home (or usual cook-house).

(d) Tool.—A tradesman, provided he has worked not less than three
days of the working-week at his trade and possesses sufficient privately-
owned tools of trade to carry out all phases of his work efficiently, shall be
paid tool allowance as follows:

Per Week.
s. d.
Carpenter and joiner ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 0
Plumber ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 0
Fitter (including electrical fitter) ... ... ... ... 3 0
Mechanic ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 0
Electrician ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0

(e) Dirty Work.—Where the officer in charge and the union repre-
sentative agree that any work being performed is “dirty work,” an allowance
of 3d. an hour shall be paid. This classification would apply to work being
performed in excessive dust, in hot cement registering 98° F., or over, and in
conditions of excessive grease or oil and the like, and may include handling
and spreading of manures, the overhauling of winches, graders, steam
and Diesel shovels, bull-dozers, crushers, muckers, tractors, carry-alls, tar-
boilers, tar-plants, work on old steel ropes or dirty new ropes, and such other
work as may be agreed upon by the officer in charge and the union repre-
sentative. This allowance will apply only to conditions that are abnormal
to ordinary trade or working conditions.