ARBITRATION COURT
JREPLY TO-: CSiITICaJSM.
A statement was uiacTb'' to!\ wThe Post" to=day by "ajt^ibployei'/'in reference to charges_ made: by Sp-.-^W. H. Winsor at a meeting bfrthe"eant6rbur.V| Master ' Builders! ' Assocfatibn/' regarding the constitution of the 'Arbitration Court;. The employer sajd' that- none of the employers intimate with indus« tri-1 matters .took Mr.! Wirisbr'senously* jHe'.said that; Mr.'.".wii'so¥: hacTfcir yearV been looked upon as r a freeilahW. It was well known that he lias persistent, -ly decried the ArVitratfbn I''Court.'' thej Judge, the lay;meml)ersj\and';th~c Court's? awards. ;. "That . Mr.;Winso'r "lif.'hope. lessly out of, date \jn; industrial-pat-ters is shown' by'the 1; fact' that h« espouses;the: appointment 1 of '". individual assessors,.to sit.with'tlie Jidgfcin all trade disputes," said ' the/^-'eiployer. "Thejate Mr. .; W: P. itfassey 'went fully into this proposal fcjr yfeara"'ago, and after/very careful inquiry: turned, it do,wn as being, .too \coßtly lana' impracticable, besides. e domg a^'ay 1 Mtli all uniformity in ' cbiiucct'ioh '" Tritli awards.. .It is aii ;pld .idli,' and"" one which has .been thoroughly ' exploded. Again, Mr.; Winsor says;: thW the, «Tudg«( has all the say to-day: JDpelht'ijnagine that new men, no vice's at the <&*mfe» would have. a. grea.ter .say 'with^ the Judge than men who.have stttdied tha question for years, a'nd'who know' every, move in the game? "Surely iiof.' The statement made at .the 'meeting,''that the Court, should\ Miree Judges, with' th?" sam'd standing as Supreme Court Judges^ is anpre'tj' the point, and may be worthy 161 tjic fc'afeful consideration of the'(Jb^rnfeent. It is to be regretted that! Ml. Wiiisor'haa seen fit to-divulge a::conftdej{tial' communica:tioiifiom the esecut.i'vif 6f tha New Zealand Emplojyejs! iFediirat'join in. .connection with^ tlie. Sppbin.tmeiiir of a successor to Mr. :S.cott-shbu)id;that'gen-tleman' resign .his ■'position' bit' tha Court." . - ' : ! ..--. :..,.-: :l ..:.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 134, 10 June 1927, Page 6
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280ARBITRATION COURT Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 134, 10 June 1927, Page 6
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