ARBITRATION COURT
PISH TRADE DISPUTE A CURIOUS POINT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, May 0. A curious point arose before lli'o Conciliation Board, which is considering . a request for increased pav. Objection was taken by the Fish -Trade Union to Mr. Adam Nixon. appearing as assessor for the employers, on the ground that lie is president of the Australasian Federated Seamen's Union. Mr. Nixon said lie felt it his duty, as representing seventeen hundred . seamen fighting for their country, to call a halt on tho subject of the increased cost of living to their dependants. . '; ' The Commissioner (Mr. Giles) ruled that Mr. Nixon, being employed on a .trawler, tho employers were justified in sending him to represent them. ■ At his suggestion the Fish Trade Union waived its objection.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2767, 10 May 1916, Page 9
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