ARBITRATION.
DETAILS OF THE BRITISH SCHEME. EXPERTS WITHOUT VOTES. THE CHAIRMAN TO, BE IMPARTIAL, (by telegraph—rsEss association—cqprnißHT.); (Rec. September 16, 11.59 p.nj.) Lqndon, September 16. The Court of Arbitration as projected by the President bf the Board of Trade, . Mr. Winston Churchill, will bo constantly varied, as regards personnel, owing; to the vpry nature of its constitution. ■' Where requested, the Board of Trade will appoint technical assessors to explain the peculiar conditions of any trade,, but these, assessors will not have a vote?' There will be a special panel, if possible, of chairmen, to consist of persons, of. eminence and impartiality.. The projected Court will be operative when needed, no new legislation being necessarj;. The newspapers praise the scheme. The fact that no new legislation is necessary proves ■what was not made-, clear in yesterday's message, viz.: that the- new Arbitration Court will not have compulsory powers. Tile Board of Trade has legislative power to set up conciliation boards, but not to enforce" a settlement.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 304, 17 September 1908, Page 7
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165ARBITRATION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 304, 17 September 1908, Page 7
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