CONCILIATION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1965, 23 January 1914, Page 2

CONCILIATION.

.;.¥„. ,■ j , ■■(■; <-■•■ 4fi|j3Qll-EIUIAKKRS'' DISPUTE. , ' . ■ 20? L '■■■■' .''.. '.. ' •' - ; ' :' .;.. '.'At a'sitting of the Conciliation Council at the Commissioner's rooms on Wednesday morning the boilcrmakere' dispute canio up for -consideration. Mr. I'. Ilalley (.Commissioner) presided. The assessors for the employers were Messrs. W..;Cable:and 1). Robertson, and for the union Messrs. J. Daivson and P. E. Warner. ■" Mr. M'Crobie appeared on behalf.of the Union Steam Ship Coml>an.v, .theC-Mr Meat Co..' tlie WellingtimMeat Ex]wrt Co., and .the JSnilders' vAssiiciiilibii: \. ■■■' ,i-~^. : . : -> . \' : '■. ■;:.'' ■'■■ ■■ : union liave : alroady , publislipd.-'K.'. ,l '^- ,, - .. .■ '■■"'".' ' ■ M;O)ii -liphalf /lf'Uip" 'ooiJipanios.amr the ''inssoe'mtinir whioli ::lu>''rci)i'PHPiitoil;''lilr. IM'CroliiiVjfipplip.il.'-foi;, pxoniplion ■fron , . ■ \]}<\ '-torm's'-of ' Hie/ propissi'il, ajirpninont,. ■'. JaH"3lp.ssrk i; Cable :aiHld?oS]( : rtso!r stronn-'jy;.-.(!bji';('teil;,:t(i:tlip' exemption.- , ./:. !f it .'n-ore/ifjn'nteilStliey;? too, :;, tiiov snirl,. ',\vpnl<l;•*a'piJly, : .fi)r. pxtMiiptfnn!'-!'.'. Mi'. Holi--w'-t'son ■■ rojiitirUocl \ that ")ie : : ; <!i<! not ! m rwhy.UlH' Vxeniption should;-bo Rrantpd/ inVft-lliinlss'nf-.tiiPir boilnj-.-mn was i'eoiiiinK.'.from.V'tlio'i.iHiildprs. :: ■• Tbp Union ;Stea!n : '>Sl)in , . : .Co^ : 'he said,' was , mainly ffii'nniiiK the- Patent Slip 'now, 1 - while ho ijiilido'rstond.'tlinl the (tear Co. .was sioing i?i:boilpr-in.ikinß ; 'elas.s ■:■ <sf ..worli' for, the ijl.'.ntonVjJtorouplvCoimcii;- in adciitioil to "iri'sTovviiT.wo'rk.- , ,- . 'Z ..'..:.'.••'. , S. , *-vTlif.pit|)|)]i('ntion was rpfuspd.-'-v ■■'~' subsequently lvont '■ into trVininsittpelr'ouiyth?' ■ flisciission prnrod .Tim, Commission ir, !o ao on to-day, and thenco

on to Napier,, returning to . this.. city later, when another conference win bo held. It is not likely, however, that .finality will then.'bo rrnchod, and the. matter wiil probably be brought before the Arbitration Court- . r ■ Speaking to a Dominion rc-prcsosita. tivo on the matter . yesterday, Mr, M'Crobie, of ■ tho Employers' Association, expressed. his opinion that the matter would eventually go before the Arbitration Court. . The ironfoundry trade in.this city, he saisi, was practically stagnant ,and it wits not likely that tho employers were going to grant an.incrpp.se in wages and improved'conditions.i; ;- J ■'■■