ARBITRATION COURT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10640, 8 May 1913, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

P«r Presa Association. [ Dunedin, May 7. i The Arbitration Oowrt is dealing with the dispute in the brewery r and bottling v trade. Mr ! for the union, opposed the appuca- '* tion lor certain exemptions and contended that as the agreement was reached on January 14th, two days ■prior to the last sitting of the Court, the award be made retrospective. Decision was deferred. In the operative tailors’ shop and tailoresses’ dispute an objection | was raised to the citation ot retail ! drapers, on the ground that they were not employers. The union t applied to have the award dated I from March Ist, contending that as I ati retailers were cited before the I Commissioner the objection came I too late. On the president’s sug--1 gestion a further conference was 1 arranged between the parties, and ! the hearing was adjourned for a I i Bin the Dunedin trawlers’ dlsP®* B * | Mr Breen, for the union,, moved that | ’ the case be struck out, which the employers opposed, asking for *n } award. The application was withI In the farriers’ dispute, Mr I Taylor, for the Southland coach- [■ builders, objected to Southland emi ployers being added to any ref®*' | ence. Adjourned for a week to ! enable the parties to agree to a I limitation of the radius around f Dunedin. The metal Workers’assistants ap- ' plied to have the Commissioner’s f recommendations embodied in the award. The employers take exception to the clause affecting the exist- | ing contracts. The hearing is proI ceeding. ■ r,