ARBITRATION COURT

Evening Star, Issue 18940, 14 May 1925, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS The Arbitration Court (His Honor Mr Justice Frazer, Mr Win. Scott, and Mr H. Hunter) said tiiis morning. A QUESTION OF COSTS. In the matter of the horse drivers’ award, which had been heard at the previous sitting, and the question of costs held over, Mr Herbert (secretary of the union) attended and protested that the application by the union for tho adding of tho Wanaka Motor Company to the award was not trivial or frivolous. He pointed out that several parties to the award carried out the same class of work, and tho drivers were employed in both pasAnuger and carrying services* His Honor said tho point' was that tho award did not apply to passenger motor services. It was purely a matter of grace if the men were subjected to tho same conditions when employed in both services. The union’s application could not possibly bo granted, and the company had been put to expense in sending someone down to defend it. The court bad had several frivolous applications before them, and had been very easy in respect of them, lint the time had come when it would have to put its toot down. Mr Herbert said that the union had been quite serious in making the application, and considered they were justified in doing so. His Honor said the court would accept Mr Herbert’s word that there had been no “ try on,” and that the union had been quite serious about the matter. But that did not get over tho question of whether costs should be allowed when applications were made by those who should have known better than to have brought them. ’ . Mr A. S. Cookson said ho was not prepared to take such a charitable view of tho matter, Mr Herbert should have known. His Honor said the court would consider the matter. CLUB DINING ROOMS. Mr O. S. Thomson, as secretary of the Tea Rooms ami Restaurant Workers’ Union, applied (n add certain parties to the award. In tho case of Miss Sliced, Mr Thomson said that this lady paid ±ll a week rent, to the Returned Soldiers’ Club, and ran the dining loom her.sell, and for her own profit, and that the club had nothing to do with it. Mr Cookson said that every club made its own arrangements, and ho did no • know of any deviation from the ordinary arrangements in this case. Mr Thomson said that he and a frin'.d (neither of them a returned soldier) went into the Returned .Soldiers’ Club dining room and were served without question. His Honor said that if Mr Thomson’s statements regarding the renting of the rooms and kitchen were correct the lady was certainly a lessee, and would not he entitled to exemption. Mr Cookson would be given an opportunity to look, into the matter, which would be held over till to-morrow. Tho application concerning the Women’s Chili was withdrawn, and eight others agreed to. COMPLETE AGUEEMENT. In the case of the fire brigade’s dispute, Mr H. Kurdall mentioned that there had been a complete recommendation from the Conciliation Council. The court made the award in terms of the recommendations.