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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13697, 12 September 1908, Page 5

LABOUR

ENGLISH ENGINEERS' DISPUTE; IVess Association-By Talegraph-Copyrigh* LONDON. Sept, IP A joint conference in Londott hvt adopted, subject to the men's balltiV'» settlement of the GoaVi > til-; gineers* dispute. The conference is hopeful of its acceptance., v v

THE COTTON TRADE. I- -T. .■"» V . : ■ ■«.» V' Received 9.25 p.m., September 11th;.> LONDON, Sept. U. A joint conference of the cotton «sa* ployers and employees of "Manchester fail* ed to arrive at a eetUement. Efforts- are on foot to . secure confeiwnce, j J ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION REJECTED. - < ; Received 11.10 p.m.. Sept- 11th. , LONDON.-Sepfc. 11. The Labour Congress at xJjTotl'ibghiMß, by votes representing 109,900 members to 64,000, rejected Mr Ben Tillett's pjror posal in favour of arbitration and col*-, i ciliataon, both voluntary aud compulsory, in trade disputes. •' v ■ : ARBITRATION COURT. PesPresaAaociatioa. ;' WELLINGTON, Sept. ll s Judgment was delivered thi» afteraoorf by Mr Justice' Sim m the : Arbitration. ' Court on the case of the Tailors Uniott v. the ■ D.1.0.4 n« *|>i>HcaUQU" 'Ufe, • enforcement of the tailors awar^ ; in th« clause dealing with work.** , "It is desirable to add," said His Honour, , that Mr" Corrigan, ■ the tftanager f6r thter respondents, appears to " hnve done all that he reasonably could do to prevent! nhy breach of award. He gave Mr Fit* sell special instructions in writing .on th«> faiibject in the "end of 1906* and If the#® instructions had been carried' out 'n« breach of the afford irwild hart takea place." The Court held that, on the evidence it was clear the suit snndc for Heardon must bo treated w( having bee»* made and sold'a* tailo^ntade.. A fine ,of £5 to be paid to the Union w«a "imposed. Evidence wo« beard in - reepqet r- t*> ; a.. claim for 15300 oerapetwAioi} brought! against Ahe Wellington District' Board by Harry Wilcox, generaljyXQO«fn as Harry Roach, a farm labourer ployed at- the Olaki Sanatorium. _ - The accident leading to injury. causiDg it w*a stated .total incapacity ■ for seven months and probably permanent, w« alleged have taken place en or about* the;,4t»i. March, 1908, in » . heart attain cawwd bv lifting heavy fctumps and over-ewr* tion. The Court re*served ita decision. , - COAL MINING AWARDS, | DUNEDIN, Sept. 11'" Arbitration Court awards In Otago ,Co*l Mining disputes hare "been received by Ihe Clerk of. Awards. In the Oreen' Is l land dispute the principal points in issue were the question- of weighing -end and the hewing rate#. The 9«u>rfc th?b the Union had: failed to mako out a..caso for » (fliange in the present system, bttft ! it appeared tlt.it during the iiegolktiong I between the parties the eropWyws had i offered certain increases, and the Court ! granted what the employees were willing to concede. Shift wage* are not to hj» less than 10s per.shiffc. >No change ha* been jnade regardingtrucking. _.'ffcat protion of the • .smiid;. : K jritJi - •*»■s•! is to the affect thal> tb# Tinw»f#hall <»» all in it» power to prevent atjrik«s,aßd if a strike by any of tSe ; workw* «®ec»M by Uw award occur*, the award ehall be su»i«nded and the hours of work, wages* etc., shall be fixed by agmttMnt .between each employer and the juvdividual workers employed by him. , In regard to the Aliandale dispute the Court states tltat » tit* only matter in dfcpute wa* the ! connection with deficient, places. Th® TJitioo thft mim had refuse*! io wcogpiw M .*** tremely hard, ! which were really st£ with« in the meaning of clatfee 17 of the existing agreement *Ehe Court was asked to define a deficient place *» oat, where tlw average miner coulii not eam the minimum wage* II any hardship had been suffered >n tW® past the Court considered >t waa due_ w the miners not availing thenweive* of tb» provisions made in the exis»mg agfwmettV for a settlement of «ueh complainte. Whstvver clnotys might be iwserted ori the «uhj.. c t would lw usdes* tf the parties • would not take the trouble to «ee that )t w«* ! not put into operation. .!#« wourt» theivfore, inwsrte'l in this awani the *a'»K» deficient place clause ## append, io other in the award made i« with the T»ratu dfepute. th» Court made tlw following <-l«o»>e# on that' hj«« not been w-nletl m tl»e prel>minary conwacv« were fise«r at 1m» with 1# extra when working dtp*; u»» ite«'ing ratm wer« tho*e offered by fw rtuiiwnv, vir„. Z* 9.1. an increase «»f 3d w.r ton. Tl»'? mipera it w stated, failed !o Mtl-vfy the Court that the offeprd br the. eom|wny would uot Cttabte tbftin to earn a living wage.