PRINTERS' AWARD.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1867, 11 March 1913, Page 4

PRINTERS' AWARD.

Mr Justice Sim, sitting at Palmerston North yesterday with two assessors as an Arbitration Court, heard an application to join country par- ■ ties to the Wellington award. An objection from Mr F. Pirani on behalf of the country printers of the Wellington district was argued at some length. He urged that itwas not fair to join them to an award on which they had had no opportunity of being 'heard. His Honor: We cannot go into the merits of the award all over again. He added that the difficulty was that there was a Dominion award, and if they carried on business the same as their master printers they would have to be joind aa parties. I Mr Pirani said they were no mor« carrying on the same business thaJ the tea rooms and pastry-cooks. | His Honor: Do you mean to saw your newspapers are different froni all others? I Mr Pirani: No; but we are not in competition with them. I Mr Pirani referred to section J under which lie said they were enJ titled to exemption. I His Honor said they were bein J joined under a different section. J Mr Pirani: Does that make ifl His Honor: Yes; because we thin® it right. If the Court says so, it il right. I Mr Pirani: Except when till Appeal Court decides it is wrong. I His Honor: It has never done bM Mr Pirani: Still these things hajfl pen. I think it right to state a cafl for the Appeal Court. H His Honor: Your application wiH be considered in due course. H Mr Pirani submitted that til award was inapplicable to the coufl try districts, and stated that it closed up two newspapers alreadH He asked that the printers be heafl before they were compelled to go ol of the district. His Honor: We afl Here to deal with an application add parties. Mr Pirani: If we going to be bound without opportunity of being heard, that hardly be called being "heard" the ordinary sense. fl| His Honor: We cannot leave out when all the parties are Mr Pirani: We are not in business with the others. It disastrous award. His Honor: The award may bad as bad can be. We are not to discuss the merits. If we that it is bad, if all the printers are to be bound by it, have got to accept the position. * Mr Pirani, after being refused adjournment, submitted Judgment was reserved. Similar applications were join parties in the Main Manawatu, Wairarapa, and districts, and similar objection raised. Judgment here also was deferre^H