THE SUSPENSION OF THE ARBITRATION ACT
• PRIME MINISTER EXPLAINS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, February 28. The Prime Minister, explaining the Order-in-Council suspending the Arbitration Act preventing the employment of returned soldiers, said the Order applies only to those soldiers incapable ot efficiently working at their previous occupations by reason of disablement con. tracted during military service. It pro« vides that all applications for permits are to be made to the Inspector of Factories, who, after making inquiries into their fitness and ability for such employment, and after giving the union which is bound by the award or industrial ugrecnient a reasonable opportunity of expressing its views upon the application, may in writing 'issue to them discharged soldiers' permits to be employed in the industry for such term and at such rates, wages, and upon such other conditions as the inspector thinks fit. It was the bounden duty of the State ,to see that disabled moii, as far as possible, were afforded all assistance to enable them to earn a living in the occupations best suited to thoii circumstances and physical condition.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2707, 29 February 1916, Page 6
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181THE SUSPENSION OF THE ARBITRATION ACT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2707, 29 February 1916, Page 6
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