RESERVISTS' APPEALS
A REHEARING
BOARD DEMANDS EXPLANATION
The Third Military Service lioard resumed its sitliiu: in Wellington yesterday. All , - ■ Jl- S. Alooi-liouso pweided, anil with him were ivliisstt. Ai. j\ lUack and A. U. ijonsiume. Captain i*i\idwiii. Military lepresi-nUitivc, was also Dissent.
An application for a rehearing~qf the appeal of Patrick Joseph I'lizßcrald, buitcrmaker, employed by \V. Cable aixd Co., was takeu almost at the outset. The chairman, utter reading tho evidence given at i'lic last appeal, stated: that tlie case was previously heard ill. Feljriiary, when ti\c board granted thveu. months'" exemption. The appeal was by tne employer (William - Caule). and HV hours alter setting tut man- exempted. II r Cable dismissed Jive competent boiiermahers from his employ. ' Thin man was exempted becanw ho was a. boilermakcr, and boilermakers were, -c-irce and yet 2-1 hours afterwards five, men were dismissed. The board felt that, the information was misleading, and unless it was convinced to tho contrary further proceedings might be taken, Mr .1 Scott appeared for Mr. Cable and asked him to explain-tho position. Mr. Cable said it was very simple. During the last fen- months there had beou considerable unrest and dissatisfaction among skilled tradesmen owing to the high wages paid to the watersufe workers as compared with what tiadcsrmen were obtaining under the Arbiti.ition -Vwird .Boilermakers refused to. work'for a time, and their notion Drastically amounted to a breach of the. award. The labour Department took lh» matter up and proceedings were taken m the Magistrate's Court, and judgment was given against the. union, lhe men then took legal advice and found that bv coin- off individually they could got from under the award altogether. Theythen derided that unless the employers raised their wages they would etivc m> the trade altogether for six months tmif. go and work on the wharf. Tho other employers did not see eye lo eve witlu the witness in the matter, who enw the. insticc of the men's claim, and Envn hismen another shilling a day. makimr their wages 2s. per dav above the awi"-<l . rate Other employers refused this advance, and as at the time Cable and Co. were very busy these men left their eninlovers and came to Cable and Co. UC Hie five men, who were then taken on. three were men who came over from' other shons attracted by the higher wa°es, and were oiilv temporary hnmls.. There was a rush of work at the timethev were taken on. They were kept, hard at work risht up to the_ Saturday morning when they were dismissed, anil on Jfondiiv moruin<r they were back at work at their old shops. He knew that of his owi knowledge. Tho other sjious had come into line on the question of wa"es. As (o the state of tho trade now. Mr. Cable said the-re was not an idle man about. As far as Fitzserald was concerned he had "iven details of the work the man *as <luiu« iiml so far as he could remember ho did not ask for exemption, but the members of the board, after a little discussion ainona themselves, granted it. Captain Baldwin: When you were- here, previously , on Fitzgerald's account, you. knew that these five men were to bo dismissed. Mr. Cable: I did nflt know. Ido not want to shirk my responsibility; but our foreman boilenuakei- hiW to do witn the men, he takes , them o.i and dismisses them without any reference to me. I •have every confidence in the foreman. I may here state that men have grown grey in our service. Captain Baldwin: Three of These, refill were taken on between the first and, second hearing cf Fitzgerald's appeal. Mr. Scott: Your foreman would not have dismissed these 'men if lid could have kept them on. Mr. Cable: They were kept at work right up to Saturday, and they would not have been dismissed hod we secured a certain contract. Ours js an troiergency business. ... Mr. Mack: When you came here jTrcviously on behalf of Fitzgerald's appeal, did you. see your foreman, and get iUt the information you should have had? Mr. Cable: I don't think I saw him. Mr. Mack: Don't you think it was your place to find out the cirwmytances in your shop before you asked for exemption for a single eligible man?.Mr. Cable: When I came hero to ask for exemption for Fitzgerald only two of the men dismissed were employed. Mr. Mack: When you come here thalast time jou had five.of them. : ■ Mr. .Cable: Yes. ■ • Mr.'Mack: Do you think it was a fair , thing to a.sk for exemption for Fitzgerald under these circumstances? Mr. Cable: When I asked for exemption for Fitzgerald, it was "because li 9 was a competent man engaged in an es-. sential industry. Continuing, Mr. Cable said there was! a lull in the trade at the present time,, and on account of the secrecy observed: by the Government it was impossible t» sav when there would be a rush of work. Mr. Scott: I believe you have four men'going into camp shortly? Mr. Cable: 1 have four men going in to-night. - The witness was closely pressed as- tohis asking for exemption for Fitzgerald on the last occasion, but Mr. Cable denied having done so. His recollection was that the board granted it without any special request from him. The chairman said that according- 1 to ■his notes the witness did ask for exemption. The Board considered the matter in! the aftrnoon, and decided' to dismiss the appeal. OTHER APPEALS. . The appeal of Lindsay Chalmers Galbraith, clerk, 208 The Terrace, was adjourned to June f> for the opinion of the Solicitor-General as to whether undue hardship applied to a stepson, where the appellant was the sole survivor of the family. Mr. M. Myers appeared for appellant. The appeal of Frank Hooper, farmer, Reikiorangi, for whom Mr. M. F. Luekie appeared, was adjourned sine die on the ground of undue hardship, but tho appeal is to be subject to before the Second Division is called. Frederick 'John Arnold, shepherd, secured an adjournment of his ca.se for u period of two months.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3097, 30 May 1917, Page 6
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