THE CARPENTERS’ AWARD.
PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS. , COURT PROCEEDINGS. ——————— The Industrial Conciliation ond Arbitration Act of last- session provides that breaches of awards may b© heard before a Magistrate in order to avoid the delay of waiting for the sittings of the Arbitration Court. The first cases under the Act to bo taken in Gisborne were* heard yesterday by Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M. Denis Carmody, Inspector of Awards, proceeded against several employers for having employed nonunionists when union labor was available. A £lO penalty was claimed, and no defence was filed in any oi the cases. The defendants were Charles Taylor, John Colley, A. F. Lawno, ancl J- Somervell. Air. Carmody said that as those were the first cases he would merely .ask for a nominal penalty. His Worship said that under the Act- he had power to give judgment for either a greater or less -amount than that claimed. " Air. J. R. Kirk asked that in the absence- of defending counsel, and as ho was engaged in a similar case next week, that light fines should lie imposed, in order that no precedent should he established to the detriment of future cases. ' • His Worship gave judgment for £1 penalty in each case.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2412, 29 January 1909, Page 3
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203THE CARPENTERS’ AWARD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2412, 29 January 1909, Page 3
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