FARM LABOURERS' DISPUTE.
, A LEGAL POINT. t y (BY TELEGEAPH.—PRESS "ASSOCIATION, j: ' ' Christohuroh, Juno, 2./ A logal point lias arisen'in'connection with' tho- status- of the 'Canterbury-' Conciliation: Board, relative to' tho farm' labourers'' dlsV puto, Tho term of office of tho Board expired on May 17, but'was extended to May' 31, when work in connection with tho dispute was not finished. election •of : the l new Board i-esulted iii' all tho old" members being returned.' . The question, then, was,, whether tho old Board required further extension, or, _ whether tho new - Board, the personnel boing tho. same, could continue'to deal with tho dispute:.,: The'! Minister for Labour, to whom the matter was referred, replied that tho Board 1 had' liofeii sitting for fivo months in connection, Avith the farm labourers' disputo,' and "it- had - cost - between £2000 and £3000 up to May 31. No further application for'extension had been received, and no refusal as far as ho was aware had been given, hut no doubt the length to which it had been cxtonded did not justify tho Department in granting any lengthonod extension. . v ' '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 7
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183FARM LABOURERS' DISPUTE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 7
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