LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11998, 21 February 1903, Page 3

LABOUR.

SHEARERS" WAGES. KiXOMMENDA'iIOXS CF THE COMMISSION'. United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 1C.53 a.in- February 20th. MELBOURNE. February 2C. A coTifcrtr.ee «•:" the I'astorali-ts' A-m----c ratio: and the Workers" Union tised sheari;:" rates :tt 15s a bundled and found, m" 17s 6d and the shearer-* find themselves, provided the Ass-:ei:itii»n went bavk to the ..Id conditio:: regarding :he supply „i , : onibs and cutters. The Commission appointed to enquire :• 'it Victorian labour legislation rer.-f-m----iii.■:i-U that the State lie divided into six .;i.-:tk:s : that co'.'rts of coticiiiatiou and arbitration be established in each: "hat the system '>f indentured apprentices be i:i-..Ti\. ( mpr:l.«Ty hi th; priiv-ipal traces •n:d 1:1 ■'•:::' •■-•tirriiis iridti.-tiris : that arrarge- :■;■'•■:.- iir ma..2' for in-truer ion in selecte 1 >.\.*e -ih' !- in trade.-. :>'.:d that -.ipptei.- .:..,. |,,. ~,:...;r - ? . l to such --..■':;;.! its i'i: the r-'.sic--. term's : tha> all A-dark.- be license.:. :n:d ;■.:.'.- p=---'n emph-vic:,' :.:i Asiatic must raV..' ..i-r. a !:•.••;:*•• for a wo-.kroow. r.r.d :har rl- mixitr.uia number i>: .-itch licenses t.e triced by la.w. AX li'E'f ItTAXT LEGAL CASE. Receive.' 13.2 p.m.. February 20th. • SY!>XEV. February 21 An "t'jidc ''<■•:: was made tf.-day to the Full Pour: f.ir a writ of prohibition directed at the Arbitration Court to res-rain it from proceeding in the dispute over the rate of '.vag?'* between the Hotel. Club. P.est nirant Caterer*' Employes!*" Union and the Caterers' and Re-tanrant-kec-pers' Association. The Arbitration Act specially. exempts doiiies'i.- servant- from the scope of its operation, and the masters contend that their servants come within the exemption, and that the Arbitration Court, therefore W no Inrisdi-ti-m Aronmpnt Pn.

sued as to whether the Supreme Cou:t could interfere with, a Court specially constituted by statute; in fact, it was contended that the Arbitration Court- might be held to be co-ordinate with, the Supreme Court. The Acting-Chief Justice ruled that the Supreme Court had the power to keep it within its jurisdiction, if it interfered in a matter which it had no right to deal with. Argument is proceeding on the. application for the writ. THE GOVERNMENT CARPENTERS. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN. February 20. The Trades and Labour Council have passed a resolution viewing with satisfaction the action of the Minister of Public Wo:ks in deciding to recognise ability in dealing with the carpenters in the Government workshops, thereby giving a practical protest against the evil of allowing a minimum wage fixed by the Arbitration Court becoming the maximum.