ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 126, 1 June 1927, Page 10

ARBITRATION COURT

MR. SCOTT'S RETIREMENT

PREMATURE STATEMENT

Interviewed to-day regarding the retirement of Mr. William Scott from the position of Employers' Bcpresentativo on the Court of Arbitration, the secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation said that the message sent by the Press Association from Christchurch was somewhat premature in its contents. Mr. Scott had for some time past made it known that he desired to-be relieved from his position, principally on account of the constant travelling which it entails and his desiro to settle down after so many years in which ho has had no opportunity of enjoying ordinary homo life. There was certainly no indication of failing health, and very little sign of advancing years. In fact, Mr. Scott carried his years I remarkably well, and his capacity, for work was quite unimpaired. The executive of the federation, in deference to Mr. Scott's wishes, had considered the question of his successor, and ivtiß prepared to make a recommendation to the Industrial Unions of Employers, by whom a recommendation to the Gov-ernor-General had to be made. No date for Mr.' Scott's retirement had been fixed, nor had the unions of employers yet considered the recommendation of the executive as to his successor.