NEW ARBITRATION BILL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10517, 27 July 1910, Page 4

NEW ARBITRATION BILL.

[By Electric Telegraph—G'opyp..ght.] (Per Press Association.) Received July 27, at 8.50 a.m. Melbourne, July 27. The- Arbitration Bill's new definition of industrial dispute includes threatened or probable dispute. The Bill includes as an industry any form of domestic work. The President is empowered to convene a compulsory conference when mediation appears desirable. A penalty of £SOO is fixed for disobeying a summons to a conference, which may be held in public or private, at the discretion of the President. The Court may allow an amendment of a plaint before the determination of a dispute, or subsequently. The proceedings of the Court may go beyond the claim. When making an award under a new clause it is made mandatory to the Court to grant preference to unionists, on the application of any party to the dispute. Any association of not less than 100 employees may be registered as an organisation. Boards of reference may be created.