KEYS ARBITRATION ACT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14439, 4 February 1909, Page 8

KEYS ARBITRATION ACT.

MAGISTRATES' STIFF PENALTIES.

(Pkr Vxitkh I'hkss Association'.; M l'<l/l/l!X(i I'OX, Fchnuirv 3. l)r M'Arlhur. S.M.,' j=iitinii 'under authority of the new Atbitraiion A<<. heard a mnulu'r of eulorcciuenl.s of industrial award caws to-day. Donald M'Donahl. butcher. was lined £10 lor employing a Jion-unionisl'. .). Chittenden, butcher.'fur cinployiti^' more youths than allowed' under the award was fined £10. Cinpliain ami Co. were lined £10 fur a similar oll'cliee. 11. Hansom, builder. was lined £10 for employing a ntin-iniiiiiii.st when members of (he union were imtMnploytsl. C. (!. 1!. M'Ncc, chained with ;i breach o.' the preference elaiu-e of the builders' award, ami with not. paying wages weekly, was lined £10 on c.icli charge. ,J. Odliu and Co., for employing a yi-eut<>r proportion of assistants io journeymen than prescribed in the plmnli-.'is' award, ivcre lined £10. I'. Wool toil. butcher, was lined £3 lor paying an employee less wages than stipulated in the award. The employee in question was lined 10s. l'ctcr dauseu and Son, for failing to indenture ••Ml apprentice to tlie furniture tladu, were tilled £10. (.nlliths and Jones, pi tun bciv, were fined £10 for underpaying an employee. Mis A. Holly, restaur,int. keeper, was lim'd 30s on each of two charges of underpaying employee's. Uofondvut had paVl Ihe stipulated amounts fince being summoned, hence his Worship's leniency. T. Aslnnan, hotel proprietor, was lined £10 for employing a night porter loiiyer than the stipulated horns, and for failing to pay overtime rates. StiUididye ;uid 0.i.. painters, were lined £3 for failine, to pay certain employees within tlie time stipulated by Uio award. The i'lmcliatcl Asphalt Company was lirtal £3 for employing a iioii-uniouist. when v, unionists were available. J. Siaudidge jnd Co., for dismissing an employee bceauso hi' was entitled to the benefit of an award, jvae ilugU