NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 488, 22 April 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(bt TBLEOEAPa—PEEBB ASSOCIATION.)

IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL DECISION. Auckland, April 21. Judgment was given to-day in tho Arbitra* tion Court in a case in which the hotel andl s restaurant employees asked for an -award. Judge Sim said the employees had refused to discuss the matter before tho Conciliatiott Council or to assist in bringing about'' g, friendly settlement of- tho dispute. Tho question was whether the Court in these oircumstanccs should proceed further with the dispute. Tho technical demands of the" aw had been complied with; but the Court had power to refuse'to mako an award. Tho ' most important provisions of recent legislation were those dealing with conciliation, and tho Court would not allow them to be treated as a dead letter. Tho present application would bo dismissed, and not until the Coni " ciliation Council had failed to settle a case would the Court hear a'dißputo. This course would bo adopted in.all similar cases. SAMOA .AND CERMAN RULE. Auokland, April 21. From tho_ Tofua, which arrived from tht Islands to-night, it was ascertained that mat. tors at Samoa among tho natives there worn still quiet, although tho natives, appeared to bo much dissatisfied when tho'Tofua left. The three German warships were lying. in Apia Harbour with the ringleaders aboard. They will be deported. to tho Marshall Islands at an early date. TRAWLING DISPUTE. * m.- ,'■ ~ ' ~ Na P |or t April 21. The trawling dispute is still unsettled, some of the employers not yet having accepted the suggested terms, . '.■.., NELSON HARBOUR. : ' Nelson, April The Rakaia, which sailed at 10 o'clock this morning, takes oyer fourteen thousand' carcasses of sheep and lambs, in addition to tallow, wool, horns, and a small quantity of sundries. At a farewell gathering aboard thiUteamer yesterday, Captain Bono said the POCT.-wa:! suitable, but required aiittlo more drudging insido and out, and bettor wharfage and storage room. : ;.. •■,■■ ■