LABOUR AND THE ARBITRATION ACT.
MR JUSTICE SIM DEFENDED. AUCKLAND. August 27. At a meeting of the Employers Association held on Wednesday last, the agressive attitude of some of the Labour organisations against Mr Justice Sim, the president of the Court of Arbitration, was discussed, and the following resolution w<as unanimously adopted — "That the action of various Labour organisations ia the Dominion in appealing to the Government to remove Mr Justice Sim from his position 'ac President of the Court of Arbitration is, we consider, utterly unworthy of those making the request, and. if conceded would at once destroy that, feeling of security which all law-abiding citizens have in appealing, to our superior courts, because of the universally , recognised independence of our judg«B."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2842, 2 September 1908, Page 32
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123LABOUR AND THE ARBITRATION ACT. Otago Witness, Issue 2842, 2 September 1908, Page 32
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