ARBITRATION BILL PASSED

Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1932, Page 9

ARBITRATION BILL PASSED

HOUSES REACH AGREEMENT

WOMEN’S WAGES AND THE COURT.

APPLICATIONS ONLY BY UNIONS.

COUNCIL YIELDS ON PIECE WORK.

Telegraph.—Press Association.

Wellington, Last Night. Ths Legislative Council, decided on the motion of the Leader (Sir James Parr) this morning to insist on its amen - ments to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill, and Sir Francis Bell, Sir Thomas ■ Sidey and Sir James Parr were appointed managers to confer with the House. _ When the Council resumed at 5.5 p-m-Sir James reported that agreement a been reached with the managers from the House. He explained it had been made clearer that in the case of wo “®. n workers applications for fixing the minmum wages should be made by unions or workers instead of individual women workers. The Council had also sought to make the provisions regarding piece work clearer but had yielded to the objections raised by the House. The report was agreed to and the Council rose at 5.30 p.m. until Tuesday.