ARBITRATION COURT.
j APPLICATION DISMISSED. j [VtX PiSiBSS ASSOOIATIOK.J WELLINGTON, March 0. The- Arbitration Court- hoard an application to extend tho Dunedin felt hatters' award 'to include tho Wellington hatters. Mr Keynes, of Dunedin. said tho application 'Was made because of tho smallness of (lie industry, and in view I of the fact that not enough men were engaged in the industry m Wellington to allow of Wh» formation of a separate union. In opposing the application on behalf of tlio employers Mr Grenfell quo 1 ted the decision of Mr j'pstice Cooper when president of the Court that the condition of such att application must be that a majority of tho employers engaged and tho unions concerned in the industry throughout tho Dominion were parties to the award. The Court dismissed the application.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11948, 6 March 1917, Page 6
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