DOMINION NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1937, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS

PUBLIC SERVANTS. (Per Press Associatiou--Copyright) WELLINGTON, Sept, 14. Suggestions that there has been a marked increase in the nuni ,er of pah lie servants employed in New Zealand during the last IS months were ie form! to by Mr J. (largest (National, Awarua) in giving notice of a ques.ian to the Prime Minister (the Rt Hon M. •J. Savage) in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr (largest asked if the Prime Min ister would furnish particulars for the various departments, showing the in crease in the numbers of public servants as from April 1, 198 3. to Septum her 1, 1987. and also showing the number of properties purchased for office accommodation, ami the total, price paid for them. ARTICLE IN LABOUR NEWSPAPER. WELLINGTON, Sept. I 1. Notice of his intention t'i ask the .flimsier for Justice (the 11 cm H. G. R. Mason; whether he had seen an attac m one of the Supreme Court Judges iu the official organ of the Lab ui Parly, the “Standard.” on August 1!). •oncerning the Otago clerical woikers dispute, was given by Mr W. J. Poison (National. Stratford) in the House oi Representatives to-day. Mr Poison said the article stated: “The man cannot even read the law, aright, to say nothing of his understanding of contemporary industrial history.” and “the man cannot even state the ordinary everyday facts cor .-ectly.” and went on to charge tin •Judge with political prejudice. Mr Poison wanted to know whethei the Minister did not consider that the article constituted gross contempt of Court, and what steps| lie had taken or intended to take to deal with it. If not, did this mean that the imlepen deuce and integrity of Judges might now be impugned in the l-ab air press without any restriction or limitation from the Department of Justice. SMOKING? IN SCHOOLS. ■ AUCKLAND, September 16. Protests against the ban on smoking in schools were received by the Education .Board at to-day's meeting from the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute and several other educational bodies. The chairman, S. U. Wells, made a lengthy statement, in the course of which ho said he was willing to give notice of motion to modify the restriction to extend, allowing members of committees and te chers working on school premises before and after school hours t.he privilege of smoking. Air AY. J. Campbell, who moved to rescind the resolution at the last meeting without success, said that he knew what was at the hack of the prohibition of smoking. and he intended to expose it at the next meeting.. There was too much hack scratching on the Board. IMPORTANT RULING. WELLINGTON. Sept. 16. The powers of the (’oueiliati n Commissioners to take ii]i the work done in private conferences of [cities to industrial disputes was mentioned b\ (’ommlssiom r Reardon at the resumed hearing of the Dominion Carpenters and Joiners’ dispute, and Je indicated that the Commissioners have exercised those powers to cope w.th work alma 1.

He mentione 1 Judo' O’itecran havin' rul(‘(l that owe initialed a disjjn*e is ii-*'t ended until an award has Keen pronounced or an ind'\stiial aerie ne-ni s : L r ncd »y the parties, alter s y ine it was possible tor the parties t' l i"ei't in an inf non-I wnv and adjust tin if dilierenei s. In the lie'ut ot the Court’s recent pronoun- in -at he mentioned that the ("imn'issuners wire clothed with w ide di-eretio’a:y ]io • e*rs and they were able to take up the

work that had been doin' in private conferences of parties. That will be necessary to enable the commissioners and the court to cope with the situation that had arisen in the last twelve months.