JUDGE STRINGER.
WELCOME BY WELLINGTON, BAR. ■'. Judge . Stringer, : tho" rccently-ap-pointe-1 President of the Arbitration Court, was .welcomed.by the, Wellington Bar yesterday. Tlie, Attorney-General ■epoko'iii : ' ; beh>lf r ' of,''tho, :,gatlftring; referring "to"" His 'mtibWS' career afthp.Baft'and.oxpressing; con'fi4ence"'in'his ability; .tact, and patience.- •:. ■■His.'Hououf: thanked the most! sincerely..for tlie welcome.i. Hp , , that his work in tho future would show that their confidence was not misplaced. He 'had : a'very deet)' senso cf the , re'sppnsibilities cast upon , him as President of tho Court. He recognised that tact' ahd : delicacy 'Would be needed_ to hold the balance evenly between Capital and Labour. : ' Ho thought that there was a' general''trend by all classes towards tlie opinion that'arbitration offered -the only- rational method of- settling; industrial 'disputes.' ; Sir Joshua Williams' had • said that; , ho regarded the Court- as a ■ engine' for the amelioration , of: tlio workers and the prevention of- their.- oppression. His .Honour agreed with that statement, biit added that the man controlling-that engine must exerciso great ; judgment lest in his desire- to ameliorate the workers he brought disaster to -the industry and caused general ruin. ' Ho hoped to.bfi able to give, the workers the fullest benefits under the Act. consistent with tho progress »nd prosperity of- industry.... With the. •< ssistarice of his experiencecl and able colleagues Lβ hoped that the ourt would attain a reasonnblo .degree of success, and. promote industrial peace and welfare. His ■utmost, efforts . would be, directed to bring abo it. that consummation which rras so much desired. ' ■ ' '■ '■ .
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 7
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244JUDGE STRINGER. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 7
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