ARBITRATION COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 129, 25 February 1919, Page 7

ARBITRATION COURT

WELLINGTON SITTINGS OPEN

FIXTURES FOR CASES MADE

Tho.Wellington sittings of the Arbitration Court_ opened yesterday morning. His Honour Mr. Justice Stringer presided, and associated with him were Messrs. W. Scott (employers' representative) and J. A. M'Cnllougli -"(workers' representative). . Tho compensation- case Matilda . May Walker ,v, Frank Ponn was set down for hearing'on-Friday. Mr.. P. J. O'Eegan appeared for tho plnjntiiT and Mr.' 1. Neavo for tho defendant. ' It was reported by-Mr. O'Regan. that there was every possibility of a settlement being arrived at in the case of Jeremiah Sullivan v. tho Union Steam Ship Company,. tlioi'eforo he requested'that no'fixture ba made. ...

■The New Zealand Typographical Fedroa. (increase ill Avar bonus), Neiv. Zealand bookbinders and paper rulers and 'cutlers (increased wages arid ■ Teduceu l)oin-3 of work), and New Zealand letterpress arid litliojraphic machinists(increased wages and reduction in hours or worit) disputes were set down for hearing on Monday next. • In the Masterton painters .and decorators' dispute, Mr. F. Cornwcll asked tho Court to fix n date when the award v#o«ld come info operation. He had been instructed to reoucst tluit the fUVftrustouM ' dntc - from. February 1. The 1 , case itself had been practically settled. : "It 15 somewhat unusual to-make a.retrospective award- in regard to -vnges, remarked. His Honour,' "lint the employers do not. seem 'to take any exception to it. I think we "may make the wages payable from February 1." The a\yardwas ratified. , • " In regard to the United Society, of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders' dispute, Mr. Grenfell put in an agreement signed bv the parties that the 'wages of the employees should he'increased-from s Is. 74d. per hour to Is. 9;1. This, he said, was.an increased war bonus of lid., per hour. ' , Tho Court'ratified the agreement., _ i Tlio Wellington coach workers'. Wellington plumbers and gasfitters', Wellington iron and brass moulders', and Amalgamated Society of Engineers' cases, arlsincr ou t of applications for increased, war bonus®, were fixed for to-morrow. It was decided that the Wellington bricklayers' dispute should- b 1 ? Oienid on Thursday. ' - . . The Court reserved its decision.on an objection to an application to have T. Davenport, solely engaged- in _ building heels for boot manufacturers, joinedlas a partv to the boot oncratives' award. An objection to the addition of u. Derbyshire. Ltd., to the storepien's award was upheld. , TIIO Court itdjourned until 10 a.m. tomorrow. |