ARBITRATION COURT
MS SCOTTS APPOINTMENT. fPca United Phess Association.] AUCKLAND, February 28. Before the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr A. Rosser introduced Hie subject of Mr W. Scott's appointment as employers' representative. Ho eaid that wbih>. Mr Scott was regarded as a fair and just opponent of labor, the unions wore constrained ■ to draw the attention of the Court to the allegations, as recorded in 'Hansard' last session, that the Employers' Federation had subsidised Mr Scott's appointment to thu Arbitration Court" bench, bv £350 a ?SS makill S tlie appointment' worth His Honor *aid ho -could not allow the position of any member of the Court to be discussed. Mr Scott was appointed by the employers. The appointment was; gazetted, ajid that was conclusive He was not disqualified by reason of the position he hold as secretary of the Otago Employers' Association. Airy question—if there was one—as to his position on the. Arbitration Court must be raised in another Court.
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Evening Star, Issue 16049, 28 February 1916, Page 4
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159ARBITRATION COURT Evening Star, Issue 16049, 28 February 1916, Page 4
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