CONCILIATOR GILES.
' A ; communication m'ttVa 1 protest-was,■among' the correspondence read at .last night\r.meeting of the Trades and labour- Council. The-com; munication came from Auckland, and contained a-protest' from a.'mass."hieetingjof "unionists' ana othorworkers:against'jthejappointant.or' Mr. Harlo Gilcb,'of .Auckland,vas 'oae'Vof'tKe Conciliation ■'-■ It ho had not sufficient experience F ih-laßonr.mat--ters to fill the position:'i-'-L.? l^:'^-;s^- ''';'' : 'i- ! " ■^Mr.-' P. Brown moved -Mat. the'council.;support,' the resolution. something:-' of Mr; Harlo Giles, nndhe ( 'did'-not-think ho-was a raan.to . gain? the .confidence- of: the workers, The'feature of the new-A'otj.was that, tho Commissioners should have-the.'qonfidenoe'of ti'th workers and employers,'and he-did,n'ot'-rhhk-', these conditions -were satisfied>in the. appointment of Mr. HarieGiles, ■-- •->.-'-:.;;.- =-::-:■':.-'. . "It is merely;.a;party'Cappointmeiit,"'said Mr. D. J. GoncMe. He, how«xOT,-di4iiot think they, need swoiTy who were "appointed-Commis'-' siohers, sinoo.it was not.goingito-maka things at all .better. 1t.., was 'his.-opinion that a Conciliation 'Commission could: iot .do any -work' 'whioh would not be done .-better 1 by'-theAr- ! bitratlon Court. .There were', I nieh'-ih.''\Vellliig- : ' ton who would fill thfl" position "fat b'tlf* than Mr. Giles, but he did.'pot '-uCeyf need, protest', since the Ycommisaoh-., would--iibt affect them or alter 'their, position; '~,;';.: .;■ ;,,'■ ■•-. -On the motion being pnt,. if wis ; carried-'cß-: the Toices. ■ \ ■>.'■'--'-.''.*•■;:..'; ; \'■■■■"■:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 7
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186CONCILIATOR GILES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 7
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