ARBITRATION COURT JUDGMENTS
DUNEDIN February 19. The Arbitration Court delivered several reserved judgments this morning. In the Inspector of Awards v. Morris and Co.. the question at issue was whether clause 17 m the tailoresses' award applied to apprentices. The Court held that the provision did not apply,.and the only deduction ar employer is entitled to make from the wages of apprentices is for time lost through default of the worker. Time lost for sickness is, excluded as .specially provided for. The appeal was dismissed, with costf m the case of Wilson v. Mervyn, ar. appeal- from the decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate at Blacks, awarding respondent £150 as compensation for incapacity caused by frost-bite. Harper v. Walker was an Invercargill claim for compensation for in-jurir-s sustained by falling from the roof of a building m course of , construction. An award was made for a lump sum of £202 10s.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7726, 20 February 1909, Page 1
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