ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT

MR. W. SCOTT TO RETIRE

(By Tttairark.) (Special to "Ths Evmlat Pest")

CHBIBTCHTJECH, Thit D»yi Owing to failing tealth and advant* ing years,, Mr. W. Scott, whohki repr* sen ted the employ era da the - Arbitr.itiou Court, has intimated hit iftt«ntioa to retire mi an early date, Tk» dntyderolinei upon the employers registered in indnstrial noipns of nominating « rabstitnte, and the probability i« that Mr. O. T. Booth (of Christchnreli) will «U the position. The employers' organisation has select-

mil w. wsott. Ed Mr. Booth from a number of possible candidates, and he will be nominated, through the' Act under -which the Court make* provision for an election should any of the unions of employers wish to make another nomination. Thongh an election to the position is a feature of the appointment representing the employees, it i* unlikely that there will be an election. Mr. Booth has been interested in the problems of the employer for many yean past, both as a member o« the Employers' Association and a large employer of labour, in yews gone by; he gave ' considerable tint* to public affairs, and was a former Maypt of Sydenham. He is 69 yean of age, and, is managing director of Booth, Maedonald, and Co., Ltd.