A JUDGE OF AN ARBITRATION COURT.

Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10514, 9 December 1902, Page 2

A JUDGE OF AN ARBITRATION COURT.

Mr Justice Cooper has not now the privilege of being the only Judge of a.n Arbitration Court who has been censured by a laboi J union. The President of the Arbitration Court of West AiiS'trailia, Mr Justice Moorhcad. did not tre'a* the censures as Judge Cooper: did -with, silence, lie spoke frotni the Bendh, and. replied, to some strictures that had been passed cm him by the leaders of tho Trades and Labor Council, ■who had charged him with biais 1. Contempt- had, ha said, been committed not only against thiat particular Court, but against a Judge of the Supreme Court. Ho did! not feel inclined, however, to take harsh measures. Regarding the contempt, the way he proposed to punish, the offenders was not to allow them to appear before hinii or to assist in> the conduct of any case until they shouldcome and retract their language, and apologise to the Court. The Judge's speech, which, created* a painful Impression, concluded in the following terms: —"If T ha.ye ten years' life to live, I cam, a.t least, travel down the boturae from -which nol traveller returns and hope to slepp the sleep of peace. If my fame is not tal'd'by any sculptured! tomb or gilded monument, I hope at least to live in the heart® of the 'labor classes, of this State ns amain 1 who 1 had tried to do his be-t." Mr Justice Moorhead has since passed over to the majority.

Messrs IT. H. Adam® and W. Burton proceeded to Auiek'amd yesterday. The former states tliaib the Tairua Broken Hills mine is looking very well,. <.

King Mailiutai amdi Captain Jackson, formerly S.M". in, tb.si Waikato district, a.re said to have indulged in a most cordial greeting, at AYaiihi after a long parting.

We lea.m that Mr A. McArthur has secured what is supposed to be ai

good tribute in the May Jueen Haur .raki mine—and that work will shortly be commenced.