ADVICE TO UNIONISTS
MR, JUSTICE STRINGER'S VIEWS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. ' dishorns, August 3. ' The Arbitration Court decidcd to make no award for the present in the tailors' dispute, Mr. Justice Stringer stating that unions would'be well ad-r vised to leave tiling® alone till the country had got over tho war. This was one of tlie trades in which the stress of war must be felt. People could exercise economy by purchasing factory suits. Evidence was given by Gisborne master tailors and by Mr. Hobbs, of Christchurch, and Mr. Nicholas, of Auckland, that tailoring proper was dying out, and its place was being taken by high-grade factory work, it being the old story of the triumph of machinery over the handwork. The system was developed considerably in America, where 80 to 90 per cent, wear readymade store clothes. Figures were quoted to allow the diminishing value of trade and that a good many master tailors had gone'but of business. Mr. Bullen. appearing for the workers, said ho nad not come prepared to fight for a Dominion award. The Court decided that it would be better to have the matter fought out at Christchurch later on.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2531, 4 August 1915, Page 10
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194ADVICE TO UNIONISTS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2531, 4 August 1915, Page 10
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