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Disputes Committee On Watches At Sea An opinion on an appeal ! rein the decision of a disputes committee set up under clause 62 of the Northern, M < »• lington and Otago and Southland Seamen's Award has been deliveVed by -Mr. Justjce Tyndall on behalf of the Cour: of Arbitration. The disptito involved the question of whether three watches or four watches should be worked on the Port Whtingarei. . . , , The Court, is of tlie opinion that a dispute as to whether three or four watches shall be worked is not a dispiilo coming within the scope of clause (>2 ol the uwnrdj ns it Arises over a lunlter which i< specifically dealt with in the award. The award provides that wliile at. sea the vessel shall be worked in two or three watches. “Wo. therefore, bold,” says the Court, “that in the present case the disputes committee set up tinder clause 62 ha<! no juris'dietion and consequently a rig.it of appeal Io the. Court of Ari.ura'iott dues not lie.” ____
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 228, 23 June 1941, Page 10
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169NO JURISDICTION Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 228, 23 June 1941, Page 10
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