ARBITRATION COURT.
APPLICATION FOR WAR BONUS, AUCKLAND, December 7.
A point of some interest cropped up at a sitting of the Arbitration Court;, when an application for an amendment of an award was made on behalf of liie Ohinemuri mining engine-drivers in the direction of providing lor a war bonus of Id per hour above the present rate of pay. Air Justice Stringer pointed out that the
court had no jurisdiction, and that where amendments had been made in this direction the bonii3 had been agreed to by both parties. If it were competent for the union io apply to the court for an incrcaso in wages, which the war bonus really amounted to,°tho award would to all intents and purposes become worthless. No application. l ) of the kind could be granted unless by agreement between both parties.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3274, 13 December 1916, Page 49
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138ARBITRATION COURT. Otago Witness, Issue 3274, 13 December 1916, Page 49
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