CLERICAL WORKERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 251, 4 August 1937, Page 2

CLERICAL WORKERS.

LEGISLATION INTENDED. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 3. Commenting on the Appeal Court’s judgment in connection with the clerical workers’ award, Mr Savage said: “If the intention of the Government is not expressed in the legislation it soon will be. ' There is only one sensible thing to do, and that is to amend the law. We cannot expect the Court to make decisions against what the law actually expresses in words. One can hardly be surprised at mistakes in law. No doubt, we will have them and somebody will have to correct them. I said long ago that when we made mistakes, and when we found we had, we would correct them. That applies to this particular case.” EFFECT OF THE JUDGMENT. COURT PROCEEDINGS ADJOURNED. NEW PLYMOUTH, August 3. Immediate repercussions of the Appeal Court’s judgment, quashing the Otago clerical workers’ award, were felt at New Plymouth, when the Arbitration Court found itself unable. to proceed with three Taranaki applications. The most important was the muchdiscussed clerical workers’ dispute, to which more than 1100 employers have been joined as parties. This was adjourned sine die. In addition, Mr Justice O’Regan found it necessary, pending receipt of a copy of the judgment, to hold over applications by the engine-drivers’ and vehicular drivers’ unions to add parties to their awards.