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Operative Masons.
KepreRentafciveH of the Operative
Stone Masons' Society and the Master
Masons' Association will meet in confer
ence on 20th insfc. to further consider the
demands contained in tho union's claims,
now before the Arbitration Court. Cun-
forenees will also he hold in other States.
In South Australia tlie building section
of tlie master masons lias oJForod a 44-
honr week, und nn increase of 5M>d. per
hour on the previous State award, but
the offer has not been accepted, and the
matter will be dealt with by the court as
far as that State is concerned.
union whitfe list.
The Melbourne branch of the Male
Confectioners' Union is taking a ballot of
its members on the question whether
they are in favor of the issue of o white
liBt containing tho names of confec
tioners who employ union labor, and also
on the question whether they nre in favor
of working with non-unionists.
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