WORDING OF AGREEMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 82, Issue 288, 6 December 1938, Page 8

WORDING OF AGREEMENTS

ARBITRATION COURT CRITICISM. GREATER CARE BY CONCILIATION COUNCIL. I Per Press Association. J WELLINGTON, Dec. 5. The necessity for greater care to be taken in the drafting of agreements reached in Conciliation Council was commented upon by Mr. A. W. Nisbet, agent for the employers, at a hearing of the Wellington sports goods workers’ dispute before the Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. M. J. Reardon, today. "Several rude things have been said recently by the Court of Arbitration about the wording of agreements reached in Conciliation Council,” said Mr. Nisbet with a smile. Personally, he did not think the agreements in question were nearly as ambiguous as some clauses drafted by the Court itself, but it might be as well to take notice of the hint thrown out by the Court. Very often a great deal of time w r as spent in arriving at an agreement but not much attention was paid to the wording of clauses. He suggested that when the agreement was reached it should be carefully looked over by the Conciliation Commissioner and the respective agents for the purpose of correcting faulty wording. Mr. Reardon and Mr. T. J. L. Tucker, agent for the workers, agreed that the suggestion was a good one.