ARBITRATION COURT.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12469, 20 February 1909, Page 4

ARBITRATION COURT.

— ♦ [United Press Association.]. Dunedin, Feb. 19. The Arbitration Court delivered several reserved judgments this morning. In the Inspector of Awards v. Morris and Company, the question at issue was whether clause 17 of the tailoresses' award applied to apprentices'. Tho Court held that the provision did not apply. The only deduction au employer is entitled to make from the wages of apprentices was for time lost through default of the worker. Time lost for sickness was excluded as being specially provided for. The appeal was dismissed with, costs. In tne case Wilson v Meran appeal from the decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate at Black's awardin £150 compensation for incapacity caused by "frost, bite. The case Harper v. Walker, a claim for compensation for injuries sustained by falling from the roof of a building in the course of construction, an award was made for a lump sum of £202 10s.