ARBITRATION COURT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13876, 9 October 1908, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT.

ENFORCEMENT CASES. ■ The Arbitration Court, consisting of Mr. Justico Sim and Messrs. S. Brown and J. A. McCullough, commenced its, present Auckland sittings yesterday morning, when enforcements of awards wero disposed of. Messrs., Lindsay and McQuartors appeared on behalf of the Labour. Department. , - Hill and Plummor wero cited to appear for a breach of the house painters' award in employing an unindentured apprentice. It was explained to the Court that the. boy had been employed as a general hand, and subsequently had been made to do glazing. The case was ordered to stand down for a time, respondents in the meantime to make arrangements as to the terms of indenturing the boy. G. White, of Takapuna, admitted a breach of tho slaughtermen's award by employing a non-unionist, and stated that he had endeavoured to get the man to join tho union when he became aware that he was not a unionist. On declining to do so, he was dismissed. A fine of £3 was imposed, the union to bo reimbursed out of it for certain expense it had been put to in the matter. C. Clarke was charged with a breach of the plumbers' award by employing men at less than the minimum rate of wages. Respondent did not appear, and a fine of £5 was imposed, together with Court foes and costs. A breach was recorded against the two employees in respect of whom the charge was laid. A breach of the hairdressers' award was laid to the charge of R. Wild for employing a man on the statutory half-holiday. Defendant did not admit a breach, and called the employee, who said that he had asked for a half-day on Monday, agreeing to work on Wednesday afternoon to make up tho time. The employee had been transferred from respondent's shop in Pousonby (which closed on Wednesday) to his Queen-street shop (which closed on Saturday), on the Wednesday afternoon, The case was dismissed. W. H. Aghan was charged with a breach of the carpenters' award by employing a non-unionist while unionists were available. Defendant explained that he had paid the man full award rates, and was ignorant at the time of the fact that ho was not a unionist. His foreman had engaged the man. A fine of £2 was imposed. G. B. War man, charged with a. breach of the furniture trades' award by employing more apprentices than tho award allowed, was fined £5. W. A Wilkinson was charged with an evasion of the typographical award by employing four men as compositors at less tlian the award rates. Respondent explained that the men had agreed to work half-an-hour per day less than the hours specified, for slightly reduced pay. He hadsince paid the men all the back pay v-'al-though he had received no equivalent in work. A breach was recorded,-' but no penalty inflicted. ..«' The Court adjourned to 10Xm. to-day.