THE ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Star, Issue 11823, 28 February 1903, Page 8

THE ARBITRATION COURT

At the meeting of the above in Auckland yesterday, when the clothing trade dispute was under consideration, the representatives of tho Auckland Emploj'ers' Association contended tlvat the wages paid to local workers were on an equality with the Southern ratt'S, but held that the enforcement of the Southern award there would disorganise factory work in Auckland, where the system of working was different from the system in vogue in the South.—Several workers were called to show that they were quite satisfied with their conditions of labor and rates of pay under the local log. At the annual meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce Mr J. H. Upton (chairman) dealt with the question of conciliation and arbitration. He referred to the Conciliation Boards having dropped out, and said that it was open to doubt whether the arbitration development would last much longer than the conciliation experiment. Neither court nor union could long override the principle of supply and demand. The meeting resolved to ask" the Council of the Chamber to consider whether the Chamber should not take the necessary steps to be heard in the Arbitration Court during trade disputes, in order to. fully and fairly represent the interests of the community as a whole.