MR HARLE GILES.
UNPLEASANT INITAL EXPERIENCE. CALLED ON BY UNIONS TO KESIGN. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, March 3. The first meeting of the Conciliation Council was hsld this morning, Mr Harle Giles presiding. When the dispate filed by the hotel and restaurant employees wa 3 called, Mr Long, representing the union, slid it was only a waste of time going on. He asked that the matter be referred d'ract* to the Arbitration Cojrt. Ad res3ing Mr Giles. Mr Long sail: "If you have the welfare of the mass of the workers .of industrial trades ununi at heart, I call upon you to j your position, becausa there is no likelihood t) be an industrial agreement." Mr Giles replied that he had r.o intention of resigning, and had r.o power to refer the matter direct to the Arbitration Court. This was contrary to section 42, sub-section ], of the Act. Mr Knox,, representing the employers, applied for an adjournment for three weeks-an application which Mr Long described as a deliberate attempt ro defeat the aims of the Arbitration Act. He was promptly called to order by Mr Giles, who exercised a casting vote, granting an aljournment as requested.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3129, 4 March 1909, Page 7
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196MR HARLE GILES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3129, 4 March 1909, Page 7
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