AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 7

AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

(B7 TEIjEGIUni—SI'EOIAI, CORRESPONDENT.). Duneclln r -. FebruaiTi 13r r ' I understand that on,oj'pfj* -ibg I; judgments' delivered to-day •by the Arbitration Court relates to a matter of general ..interest 'throughout the Dominion', there'foro'l'sfend' the full text o£ the decision. It is in the case of Christie Brothers, a charge of break-, ing the Ofcago award. The Court found ns followsTho question. in this case is ns-to-tho construction of Clause 2 of the award, which under tho. head of piece rate, provides that dross shall bo paid for at;tho.,rato ; of 4d. por'box. ■ Some of' the dross in' tho rpr spondcnts' mine is.renlpyed.fo.i\salo, and the admit, that they are liable to paj' the miners for this, dross. ■;'There is, however, very little demand '-for i the dross : from this mine, and a considerable quantity of. it has to bo removed' and tlirown to wasto. When the miner who gets the dross is employed to put it" in boxes the respondents admit thoir,liability to pay, him for the dross, and it is only when,,the. dross .is..put in boxes by other workojjt' for. the purpose of 'being thrown to wasto' that, the, respondents claim that tho miner' is not entitled to be paid anything in respect.of-suoh dross; We think that if'any dross is removed for sale, or to bo used for any < purpose in the mino, the miner who gets it is-entitled to be paid for it in accordance .with the "award, "whetheß or not ho places.it in tb&iboSes...' If;;.Bow•ovcr,.:the dross, is for"the : purpose of being thrown to.waste, 'it is competent for the respondents- to employ a worker other than tile ' inhthr "vrlio gets the dross to .removo it, and .in that' case tliii miner, is "not entitled to; be- paid anything in' rospect of it. The. removal. liiust, -howover, be carried out" in sncli a:ivay as not to interfere with the work of the miner at the face. The dross in. tho present casq was removed; merely for the" 'purpose., of '.'h'eiiig thrown to wasto, and'lth'GV.'fepdhdents have, thorefore, not cominj;tl"<;d,,. M auy,, hireach of. award by not paying th,e, miners for such dross. i' .

FEDERATION.LABOUR.iv .r (nT TELEGUArH—FEHS'ASSOCIATION.) ... Dunco'inr .February, 13/: At a meeting of the Tradpp: aii.tl Labour, Council/ this evoning the jirinciplo .of- the federation of .'labour was'affirmed, and a resolution was passed expressing" tho- opinion that the proposal of ! tlid .Waikato Miners' Union was a step in thd'right"direction l and had the approval of tho Council, which, however, rccommondcd tliei constitution adopted at the Trades Conference! to'the favourable consideration of tho Unions.

HELD '""" Tho 15 20 li.p. "Enfleid" Motor Car was oriel nated with the one and •> solo intention of placing it right above the cj-owd of tto'deratblv priced cars. In its design 7and> .manufacture that end is always kept in view, and -by, tho aid of its many refinementsawl. general, r<v liability IT, HAS BEEN I '■HELD INTHE TOP POSITION ! EIGHT FROM' ITS' INTEODUC- I TION. It is priced moderately with comprcx hensivo equipment, and-embodies'iri : 'its' etruction many points which aro "usually roserved for, cars of higher price and power. Enfield Cats aro esteemed for their sound and Bimp'-i construction, and <-nre- essentially designed to give tho greatest amount of pleasure. The Enfield Autocar ..Company keen well abreast of. advanced ideas, at once embodying whero practicable such f,useful refinements as oxpcriehce may suggest. Wo have every confidence 111 recommending-the 1908 model to thoso in search of a BRITISH CAR OF THE HIGHEST CLASS MANUFACTURE,* -You should ask for trial run.: Immediate Delivery. INGIiIS BEOS., Solo New .Zealand Agents, Willis Street, Wellington/ . Motor. Garage:" Harris Street," Wellington.' ' " ; ; Professor Barnes announces ■' a ' balloon ' ascent and parachute defe'cbiit tit' D'ay's r 'lMy to-morrow. The event is to •tako"placo r nt" 3.30 p.m., and the acrOTautoxpcrt."expects-to go up to a height of 5000 ft.

Tho Northern Steamship Co.'s Ngatiawajvill leave Opotiki on March-' Gj- for '-a<trip~ to White island, in the ..Bay;..of. Plcnta,.