THIRD EDITION THE TYPOGRAPHICAL DISPUTE

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 137, 8 December 1919, Page 8

THIRD EDITION THE TYPOGRAPHICAL DISPUTE

REMARKS BY UNION REPRESEN-

TATIVE:

PRESIDENT OF COURT SPEAKS OF

A COVERT THREAT.

(BI TELEGEAPII.—I'KESS ASSOCIATION.)

CHRISTCHURCH, This Day

At the Arbitration Court to-day, during a discussion on the typographical dispute, Mr. A. M. Robbie, representing the Typographical Association, said the typographers Shad come to the conclusion that the worst-countries, so far as wages were concerned, were the two that had com-pulsory-arbitration — New Zealand and Australia. He made the remark with regard to the possibility of considering the cancellation of registration under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

The President, Mr. Justice Stringer, said:—"Your observations are a covert threat to the Court as to what would be done unless you get something more satisfactory. If you come now m that way 1 warn you that I will not discuss this question any further. . Bo good enough to remember that if you are going to make a statement to the Court that you will wait to see what the Court will do, and that if it is not satisfactory you will cancel your registration, if -you mean that "

Mr. Robbie: "I did not mean that, your Honour."

The President: "If you mean that, I will dismiss this application at once. I won't allow you to make use of the Court to say that "if you are getting any-' thing from the Court that is not satisfactory you won't be bound by it." Mr. Robbie: "We will loyally abide by the Court's decision, and I am sorry the Court got that impression."