APPRENTICESHIP ACT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10903, 28 April 1927, Page 7

APPRENTICESHIP ACT.

POLICY OF ARBITRATION COURT.

(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 27. The policy of the Arbitration Court toward the Aprenticeship Act was outlined by Mr* Justice Frazer this morning. His Honour said that the question of district proportion had caused ia good deal of heartburning, but it should be remembered that the Act required the Court in all cases to fix district proportions. The Court must be reasonable, and take the view that the conclusions of the Apprenticeship Committee were correct.

On the general subject of appeals, it was difficult for an appeal to succeed, for it would probably be against the decision of the district registrar, who had refused to register on the ground that the district proportion was full. < An appeal could only be successful if it were shown that there was a mistake in his figuresi What the Court had tried to do was to so arrange the district proportion in each trade to allow a sufficient number of boys to come on, also to allow reasonable expansion of trade, and to make provision for wastages or removals from, the district. In addition, the Court had endeavoured to provide for a small surplus of journevmen. The Court had tried to prevent boys being deviated into trades where there was not plenty I 'of work. The Act had been the subject of a great deal of thought bv the Minister for Labour, and his Honour felt quite sure that, if any part of the Act were found unworkable, it would receive his fullest attention.