AWARD INTERPRETATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 7

AWARD INTERPRETATIONS.

IMPORTANT POINT ANSWERED. WHAT CONSTITI 'TIvS COUNTRY WoilK. Two applii.it ions for interpretation of . ertain clauses m various awards were j •iih. l" lo Ihe Aii.itran,lll Court tin- , in,,ruing. The lii-t point raised wit- ..ne I ouch I ing dv- \ii,kliiiid (ai 'pouter, and do,tier-' award. Il wa- .-tatrd that the Domini.ni Porlitind ( i-nn-nt I 0.. Ltd., ' wa- , .UTV ing out nn ext.'ii.-iv i- building j seh.'in- at Tikornngi and Ihe \\.iii".i:v i l-'.ii:-. ill I iie Whangarei distrirt. Car I pent.r- are emplovrd. and the Conn j was asked to determine whether tin-1 w..rk ,-..ii-ti!iitr.! Nt ry- woik within the meaning of Clnil-e 7 of the award. .nl itlmg th.- men or any of them I" the ad.lit ...ti.il stun of J per day in-nt ioile.l .ii sub Inn-.' .it . ..I clause 7 (oi i-niinlry work. Mr. -I. It. Bed. K.i .. and Mr. Aiid.r-on iipp.-ate.l for lb- . . tii.nl C-. . an I Mr. A. li. -keltou f T tii ■ C.tipcil t'T-' I II "11. Aft.-i hearing argument from both -id-, in- 11",,.,,- Mr. .lustier Hosking iititioiiii. rd thai th- . ..mt .-..ti-i lercd that Ihe an,wer must be thai lii- mat ter do- „ot eo-nc within I lo- m-aliing "I the . kill-.'. "It lllllsl be lellll-lllberi'd." add.-l 1,.- Honor, -thtit thi, award. which was dt,i w n up on the re-ommenda tioti practically ~f th- Conciliation Council, w.i- framed by regular builders and regular worker-, and they were therefore providing for (he ordinary . \ig. ii. :. s of (he regular trade, and they n- ■'■--.ii ily had to provide for the eases .vii.-ii ooii-t-iiitlv arise, of men being -.-ni from t in-11 place of employment and from tin t employers' place- of l.ii-in------t" .Infer, ut. plan-, whirh may be either to suburban ~r to .-..itnt ry work. I nm perfectly . 1.-.ir mys.-lf." said hi- Honor. --although one ..| in;, colleagues ii'.r so ile.-ir. tii .ugh h- d.i'.-s not diller. that it w i- never intended i„ have application 10 a -.-t oi eir. Iltli-tn tiers -11.-h a - e\i,t in tin- pr.-,-nt r.is,-. The Portland I iinent Company ar- not buddct-s. but tn- ere. ting ..-rtain w.,rk- whi.-h .input' '\ ,n-id.■iit.il to th. ,r l.u-iti--- piir : .in I I hey ha.l a perfect r'ght to plt up 1. 1,1 i.HL'- there th, u,--ho.. M.V w.i- earned out under . ii-um-tan,-.--w>: ■i, eti'iiot be different i.nrd |o t'i.at of a private in ltvidtia! who builds a - d ti--. ,ti 1 :t may be a pala. c. for hi- own put; - It would I- ab-urd to say Cat p. r-oi-.s who applied f,, r work ..n 1 1 •■- i.-.1.!.1ing i ..me under th- term of • -r.iint.-y work. If -v. h were tie ..!-.'. people eotlld be 1111-011-.-ioll-l v put to .1 v. rv i-.in-i.1.-rable e\prn«e i.v di-rovery ~l't.r thetr workmen had bee,, employed for soiii- i-nie that they cam.- from a .-oti-i.'.eralile di-Unce and claimed the country nllowaiiee." Th- answer of the ( onrt i, that this wa- not country work within the mean :ttg <.f the award.