ARBITRATION AMENDMENT
In moving the second reading of the Arbitration Amendment Bill, the At-torney-General explained ' that it was merely a technical measure to correct * mistake in the original Act when the statutes were being consolidated. The Act gives power to parties in a; case to b© tried hy arbitration to appoint a third arbitrator instead of an umpire, if they so wish- . . - Mr G. W, Russell (Avon) strongly protested against the clause making the bill retrospective,. so as to cover the period between, th© consolidation of the statutes and the present time. , ■ , Mr' Herdman said that tho clause had not been framed to cover; any- particular 0966. If, when the bill reached the committee stage, it were found that . the clause vat objectionable, he:WOuld not proceed with it. - The bill was read a second time.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9090, 8 July 1915, Page 7
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