SECOND ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 68, 14 December 1936, Page 3

SECOND ARBITRATION COURT

No Advantage to be Gained By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, December 11. ‘'There Is statutory provision for tile sotting up of a second Court of Arbitration,” said the Minister of Labour. Hon. H. T. Armstrong, in commenting subsequently on a request made by a deputation of trades union secretaries that in order to cope with the large volume of work caused largely by the recent industrial legislation a second court should be appointed. Mr. Armstrong explained that it was the view of members of the deputation that there was sufficient work to keep a second court, fully employed. Several speakers did not agree with his opinion previously expressed that if there were two courts anomalies in the interpretation of various questions would arise. However,before any second court could be appointed it would be necessary to introduce special legislation, so that it would be some considerable time in any case before it would be possible to provide a further court. In the circumstances, it did not appear there would be any great advantage in going ahead iu the direction indicated, for by the time a Bill could be brought before Parliament and passed. the present court should have caught up with its arrears.