ARBITRATION COURT
A MUSIiL POSITION
ASSESSOR INTERESTED IN ' DISPUTE.
APPLICATION TO VACATE SEAT
.Pres*, Association.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 5. An unusual application, the first of its kind in the Dominion, has been tnade to the Arbitration Court by the Amalgamated'Engineers’ Federation. in connection with the hearing of, the general engineers’ and moulders’ dispute in, Christchurch next Tuesday.. . The employees have applied to the Minister of Labor to arrange for the employers’ assessor on the court, Mb. ■Ck T. Booth, to, temporarily vacate his seat in accordance with the Arbitration Act, which provides that whenthe permanent member of the court, is himself a party to the dispute,., and .is consequently unahlle to act as a member, another .• nominated member may act in his stead- , v ]■ . • The reason for the application is* that “Mr. .Booth, prior to ms appointment.. to the court., was - managing director of Booth.. McDonald and Co.. ltd., .manufacturers of agricultural implements, and. as such,, was a large, employer - of labor interested.- in. the engineering industry.-,. 5:.If the demand is successful, Mr>S.\ E- 'Wright, deputy-assessor for th« employers, and secretary of the Auckhfod will take Mr. Booth’s place.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19281106.2.29
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10736, 6 November 1928, Page 5
Word Count
188ARBITRATION COURT Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10736, 6 November 1928, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in