LABOR LAWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10585, 14 October 1910, Page 4

LABOR LAWS.

INSPECTOR'S FIELD DAY.

(Per Press-Association.)

Wellington, Octobei 13. C E N Aldridge, Inspector foi Aw ards, sued the Gear Meat Preserving Companj to-daj ior £lO penalty tor having engaged, in cpnti« ention ot tho pieference clause or the butchers' anaz.d, a non-unionist butcher named Chailes Hemold at a time when membcis ot the union Mere available and equally competent to do tho work required Detendapjg. admitted emploving a nonand also that steps v cro not tJken to ascertain whethei unionists were available oi not, but they contended that it was jiot a question of competency, but one ot supeiiontj, toi the non-unionist engaged was tar and away supenoi to anjone on the union books, and therefore, in uistice to then business, thov weie bound to employ the best man His Woj ship held that it defendants weia bona fide m tlieii contentions they conld have oveicome any nsk of prosecution and at the same time complied with the piovisions ot tho prefeience clause ot the aw aid b\ instructing the man as soon as thoj engaged him to join tho union A penalty oi £1 with 10s costs was imposed. Augustus Tittliuw.ui was fined £1 toi cinphiung casual bo\ laboi in dcliveiing meat. \\ J Jlait was, lined 10s toi tailing to pav a bo\ tho minimum wage Chailes Bethel w is fined £1 toi engaging a non-unionist without iioUtwng the inspector. Garnet If Isoiton, a caipentei. was bned £L ioi failing to claim tiavcllmg time, and "ft II N.m.no, his einplovei, was also fined £1 Luke and Coopei weie fined £1 loi employing a non-unionist caipentci, and A P O'Donnell was bned 5s loi tailing to keep a grindstone his woikshop oi at tho J W Easson and Co weie fined £1 foi a bieach ol the preicicnco clause lu the case against Thomas Bell bakei, foi cmploMiig a non-umon-ist, Mr 'J 31 A\illoid, who appoued toi tlie detendant, said the dotond int had tucd two oi time I'lno'iists, but none ot them "could would a Joai oi make a dough."