ARBITRATION COURT.
■ a (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The Arbitration Court delivered several reserved judgments this morning. In Inspector of Awards v. Morris and Co., the question at issue was whether clause 17 of the tailoresses' award applied to apprentices. The Court held that tfw provisions do not. apply, and the only deduction an employer was entitled to make from the wage.s of an apprentice was for time lost through dofau.it of the worker, time lost for sickness being excluded as specially provided for. Tho appeal was dismissed with costs in Wilson v. Mervyn, an appeal from the decision of the Stipendiary at Blacks, awarding respondent £150 compensation for incapacity caused by f frost-bite. " Harper v. Walker was an Invercargill claim for compensation for injuries' sustained by falling from the roof "of a building in course of construction. An award was made for a lump sum of £202 110/-,' to be paid over to tht Public Trustee. - .*.-.- ■ ~ -■;- -
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 43, 19 February 1909, Page 5
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ARBITRATION COURT.
Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 43, 19 February 1909, Page 5
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