INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11825, 30 November 1901, Page 5

INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

COURT OF ARBITRATION SITTINGS. A telegram was received yesterday by the Clerk of Awards (Mr. R. G. Thomas) from Mr. Justice Cooper, who stated that he would arrive in Auckland on. December 17, and hold a sitting of the Arbitration Court at half-past two p.m. in the Supreme Court Buildings. His Honor intends sitting till December 21, adjourn for two weeks (for the Christmas vacation), resume on January 6, 1902, and sit continuously till the Auckland business has been disposed of. He intends taking the disputes according to the order of the dates of reference. Therefore, the carpenters' dispute will be heard on December 17 at half-past two o'clock ; the ironmoulders' dispute on December 19, the bilkers' on December 20, and the carters' on January 6, 1902. Dates for the healing of other disputes will be fixed later on. In all there are eight disputes to be settled by the Court ; there are 11 applications for enforcement of awards, one application for enforcement of an industrial agreement, one application for interpretation, and amendment of an award (that in the miners' dispute). The Court will also hear claims under the Workers' Compensation for Accidents Act, of which there are two, namely, McKenzie v. King, and Pkinix v. Brown and others.

THE SEAMEN'S DISPUTE. In the seamen's dispute, which is to come before the Board of Conciliation on Monday next, a difficulty has cropped up. All the shipowners cited, with the exception of the Union Steamship Company, have lodged with the Clerk of Awards an application intimating theic desire to refer the dispute direct to the Court of Arbitration, under the .amending Act of last session. It is contended that as the application is not signed by all the shipowners (employers), it has no effect, and that therefore the reference must go before the Board in the usual way. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday. The Wellington City Council has received demands from grooms and conductors for increased v/ages, which it estimates at about £4000 a year, and has decided to carry the matter straight to the Arbitration Court.