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Otago Witness, Issue 3513, 12 July 1921, Page 19

AREfTRATiOPI COURT. j WELLINGTON, July 4. ' The Arbitration Court’s award of the i stationary and traction engine-drivers pro- ■ vide- for a 48-hour week, night or day; ! overtime, time and a-half for the iiist three j hours ami double time thereafter. Minimum ] rate for engine-drivers in charge, of any i boiler: First class certificate, 17s per day; second class, 16- ; traction or locomotive certificate, 17s; winding engines, 17s; firemen, 15s 6d ; greasers. 15s 6d —all with a bonus of 6d per day and Is 6d per dav dirt money. AUCKLAND, July 4. Tiie Arbitration Court to-day reserved its decision in the appeal by W. Tighe against his conviction for being a party to an. alleged strike .on the Molcoia at Lyttelton oil July 12, 1920, when, as the outcome of the jockeys’ dispute, the crew refused to sail with Sir George Clifford. Appellant’s counsel contended that it had never been proved that Tighe was a member of the watch involved when the deputation informed the captain that they would not sail if Sir George Clifford were aboard; but it could fce said that there was a threat i.o discontinue work. If the Legislature intended that a threat to strike was to be an offence I if would have expressed its intention in exact j terms. The conviction of 22 others hinges ] on the appeal.