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it is his duty not to shear after such a determination. Provided that 

 the vote be not taken till after the shearers have (if the overseer so 

 request) shorn each two sheep, and that the ballot papers be counted 

 in the presence of the overseer, if he so request. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS. 



20. The shearing and incidental operations will be carried on under the 

 direction of the employer or person in charge of the shed (in this Agreement 

 called the "overseer"). 



21. The employer will during the term of employment provide the employees 

 with good and sufficient hut accommodation, cooking utensils, table utensils, 

 clothes-washing utensils, wood, water, and sanitary conveniences, and will 

 provide them in a clean and satisfactory condition, and in accordance with the 

 requirements of or under any Act applicable. 



22. If the huts and sanitary conveniences be not kept by the employees in a 

 clean and satisfactory condition, and in accordance with the requirements of or 

 under any Act applicable, the employer may give, in writing, notice to the shed 

 representative, and if the defect be not remedied within 24 hours the employer 

 may cause the defect to be remedied, and charge the cost in equal propor- 

 tions against the earnings of the employees in the huts concerned. 



23. All the utensils will be given up by the employees clean and in good con- 

 dition (reasonable wear and tear excepted), and any deficiency may be charged 

 in equal proportions against the earnings of the employees for whose use 

 collectively the utensils were supplied. 



24. The employer will provide a suitable room or other place, outside the 

 kitchen and sleeping accommodation, for the housing of the saddles, harness, 

 and cycles of the employees, and also a suitable room or other place outside as 

 aforesaid for storing meat. 



25. The employer will allow to the employee free run for one horse, or if a 

 maximum of 5,000 sheep or more is to be shorn, for two horses, but is not to be 

 under any responsibility with regard to the horses. 



26. If the employee leave or be discharged before completion of the shearing, 

 the employer will either have the employee's horses brought to the shed or 

 provide him with a suitable horse to get them. 



27. The employer will provide for use in the huts a suitable disinfectant in 

 sufficient quantity. 



28. (a) If the employer discharge a member of the mess who has not to his 



credit a sufficient sum to satisfy what is due by him to the mess account, 

 the employer will make up the deficiency, except so far as the 

 employee's share of the mess account has been increased by goods 

 purchased elsewhere than from the employer. 



(b) Where rations are obtained elsewhere than at the station store, the 

 employer will pay the price on written order or orders given to him 

 by the members of the v mess or by any person authorized by them to 

 give the order, and will debit the mess account with the price, and at 

 the end of the shearing debit the members of the mess with their 

 respective shares. 



