NOTE OF ADVICE.
BY ARBITRATION. JUDGE. THE COMMON INTEREST. Emphasising the need which existed for a conciliatory spirit in industrial relations, especially in times of stress, His Honour Mr Justice Eraser sounded a note of practical advice at the sitting of. the Court of Arbitration in Palmerston North yesterday afternoon. His Honour had just concluded giving an important decision in a flaxmilling dispute which had been accepted with some misgiving by one of the parties concerned, when he counselled them to settle their differences by mutual arrangement. “Things are not so good these days,” stated His Honour. “They are not so prosperous as they were and I always find that in times of adversity people draw closer together. That is one of the good features. It resolves the true relationship between employee and master. There is a far bigger common interest than a common difference under such circumstances,” he added. “I would like to give that note of advice while things are not so good. Parties should get together for their own betterment and decide by mutual consent any matters which arise. I cannot give you any better advice, even if I go into the pulpit and preach it,” concluded Mr Justice Frazer. '»■ •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 114, 10 April 1930, Page 7
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203NOTE OF ADVICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 114, 10 April 1930, Page 7
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