COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 74, 28 March 1895, Page 5

COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.

Sydney; this day,

In the Legislative Assembly the first reading was carried of-a Bill to amend the Conciliation and Arbitration Act in the direction of making arbitration compulsory. Provision was also made for imposing a penalty of £^oo for the refusal of any party to produce books und documents if a dispute is about to take place or exists, and the Governor may, under the. Act, appoint' a special board of inquiry to investigate and report. The Bill does away, as far as possible, with the plea often put forward by employees that persons at a time of dispute not in their employment have been summarily dismissed, and provides that any person who was regularly employed within a month of a dispute shall have all rights as if an employee at the actual time of the difficulty. The Bill is regarded in commercial circles as impracticable, and. a feeling j of regret prevails that it has been | brought forward at the present mprrjent,; as it Is likely to still further complicate the financial situation. : ' ' Adelaide,".this day. The Minister for Labour has requested the State Board of Conciliation to inquire into the dispute between the tanners and Mr Dowie, their employer. The latter refuses to recognise the Board. • '