"I HAVE HEARD YOUR HONOUR-"
HIS HONOUR'S RETORT. "Do you know the legal difference between the two?" 1 asked Mr. Justice Sim of Mr. A. Rosser, in the Court of Arbitration yesterday. His Honour was referring to apprentices legally indentured and the apprentices working under a clause in an award made bv the Court of Arbitration. "Mr. Rosser' replied that ho did know the difference. His Honour: Well, will you just explain it to the Court, then? Mr. Rosser: There is practically none under the present law. His Honour nointcd.out that indentures took the apprentice from under the control of the Arbitration Court and parents wishing to take action had to sue through the Magistrate's Court, the Supreme Court, a* the case might bo. Mr. Rosser inquired as to what would happen to apprentices if a threat made two years ago were carried into effect and the Arbitration Act repealed.
His Honour: The Legislature could provide for that. You must assume that tho draftsman of the repealing Act would linvo at least some sense, Mr. Rosser.
Mr. Rosser: Your Honour, 1 have heard your strictures on the Legislature—that they had failed in ninny rr.-pcets.
His Honour (smiling): They want your assistance, Mr. Rosser—then they would do all right—or the assistance of the draughtsman who framed these demands. Apparently you aro afraid of the arbitration system being swept away in the course of the next six yearsi (the neriod of apprenticeship in the Letterpress Machinists' demands).
Mr. Rosser said that he would be very sorry to see the system swept away, but he thought it was well to call attention to the matter.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1554, 25 September 1912, Page 6
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272"I HAVE HEARD YOUR HONOUR-" Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1554, 25 September 1912, Page 6
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