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ARBITRATION COURT.

: : :" :^QMPENSATioN.bLAIM. ". ■A-Vco'rapensati.oh case involving some-in-teresting'features was heard in the Court of Arbitration yesterday; when Mr." Jus"tico. Stringer presided; On-January 22 'last;'.'while.'in ,the employ: of, the .Alton Go-operative Dairy Company,. Trederick Harry Hodge met with aii?accident, and | as a result had to have his left arm am- : putatcd.. >While in' the hospital he contracted typlioid fever and died on March 24. He had.-been paid JS9 compensation and,a. lump.sum'ot (65.per cent. Of full'co'mpensation). was claimed by Harry Hodge, farmer,'-.of Alton, (administrator, of the estate -bf the deceased) ! in respect of his 'death.' :Tlic, defendant, company • c.iht'eh"ded';that liability^only extonded'-to such compensation'as was incurred before death, and on'this''account paid the slim of.;jJlo 175.-'into Court:::'-'--' ■ ■ • Mr..C,"Bi ! Morisori:,;;K.C., with Mr. P. -B. Cooper, appe'ared.'for the plantiff, while Mr. P, -J. 'O'Eegan appeared -for the defendant company. 'After hearing legal '•a'rgumeht''the.Court Toserved decision., '■'■ y ? yprmß business., - No opposition, being offered,, the .Court - of yesterday added certain parties to the following awards:—Wellington. bookbinders and paper Wellington, painters and decorators, Wellington metal workers, Wellington , hotel workers, Wellington .carpenters and joiners, Wellington bakers and pastrycools, Wellington dairy employees. The Court .reserved decision in the matter of exempting gas companies from ,th.e: provisions of the northern plumbers' and: gasfitters' award. In the case of the Petone Woollen Mills dispute, adjourned from last week, the Court- decided to make the recommendations of the Conciliation Council into 'an award;,.to take effect from the same date as-tho awards in Christchuroh and Duriedin.'' The industry will thus bo governed by a Dominion award. ' Recommendations of the Conciliation CommissionerJn connection with the Masterton-'painters'' and decorators', dispute wer'e,..'pn the application of Mr. .1\ Cornwell, made; into an award.'

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 8

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ARBITRATION COURT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 8

ARBITRATION COURT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 8

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