Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 13 December 1921, page 9


Confectioners' Wages.

Higher wages will be paid to members of the Female Confectioners' Union as a result of a conference between union

delegates and the Victorian Manufactur-ing Confectioners' Association It has been agreed that 500 a v. eek shall be paid to female chocolate dippers, general workers, French cream dippers, bulk or novelty dippers, sales counter attendants, distributing stole attendants, and other women employees Junior workers will receive 200 a week at 18 years and under, 25 at 17, 31 at 18, 377 at 10, and 42/6 a week at 20 years of age The proportion of junior workers shall be three to each two or fraction of two adult employees receiving not less than 500 a week

Higher Pay for Bricklayers.

Bricklayers and have their wages increased from 17/ to 20s a day by a new determination of the bricklayers' wages

board Because of the intermittent nature of the work between £4/15 and £5 a week is the average wage earned by bricklayers at present, but work is becoming more plentiful

Inspection of Scaffolding.

Embodying the terms of an agreement recently arrived at between master builders and contractors and the Building Trades' Federation, a draft bill, providing for the regulation and inspection of scaffolding, has been prepared for introduc-tion in the State Parliament by Mr McNamara, M L C Announcement to this effect was made at a meeting of the council of the Building Trades' Federation at the Trades Hall during the week-end

Carting During Prohibited Hours.

At the Richmond court on Monday, before Mr A A. Kelly, PM, George A James, dairy produce dealer. Church street, Richmond, pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving unlawfully carted goods after half-past 1 o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday, December 3 Three convictions being admitted, a fine of £7 was imposed

Coal-mining Engineers.

SYDNEY, Monday - The chairman of the coal tribunal (Mr Hibble) refused to grant increased wages to members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers employed in the coal mining industry, except in the case of employees engaged on afternoon and night shifts To those he granted an increase of 7½ per cent