ARBITRATION COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12147, 18 December 1902, Page 6

ARBITRATION COURT.

i -•• — . \ • .-"- • - 'The Arbitration Court continued its pittings yesterday, Mr. Justice Cooper (Pre- |. sident) and Messrs. ) Brown and Slater being J on the Bench. . * ; I The hearing of" the typographical dispute I was resumed. Mr. F. A. Cleveland and Mr. Joseph Graham appeared . for the Typographical Union'■', and the master printers were represented 1 by Mr. F. /; H. Templer (secretary •to the Employers' Association), ; Mr. W. Berry and Mr.* Wright (of Messrs. j Wright and .Jacques).,"■'"' ,'> J John Clark, assistant manager of a jobbing department, said .that the majority of jobbing compositors were worth the. wage demanded by the union, but some wero not. He agreed "that the Auckland: compositors were equal to those in the South, and those from England of whom he had any knowledge. A ; master .printer's' tariff . was impracticable in Auckland. A tariff had been tried some years ago, but it did not remain in existence long. ~i He ' considered the proposed limitation of apprentices unfair,, and that the union's proposals in regard to the number of apprentices, if given effect to, would give an advantage to the small offices. Arthur Cleave, master printer, objected to the proposed . limitation of apprentices, although he was not employing any at present. He thought the demands of the union in regard to wages were too high and not warranted by the present state of the trade. He did not think it was possible to work to a tariff in Auckland. When it was previously tried it was a failure. He knew of instances in which men were willing to work for less in Auckland than they could get in , the South. The men in Auckland appeared to bo in constant employment. R. W. E. Gillis, monolino expert, gave evidence as to the capabilities of monolino machines._ .„'•'•*'.' ' '

T. W. Leys gave evidence as to averages made by linotype operators and other details connected with the working of these machines. J. J. Wright said he considered the demands of the union excessive. \ This concluded the evidence. Mr. Templer, Mr. Berry and Mr. Cleveland then addressed the Court, and the hearing of the case was closed. The award will he made in due course. " The Court will resume at half-past ten a.m. to-day. ;■ ■