EXISTING COURT TO GO INTO RECESS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 48, 19 November 1937, Page 6

EXISTING COURT TO GO INTO RECESS

-Presi Association.)

(By' Telegraph-

AUCKLAND, Last Night. The newly-constituted Arbitration Court is expected to commence its duties early next week by sitting in Auckland. The- present Court, comprising Mr Justice G'Eegan and Messrs "W. Cecil Prime, employers' member, and A. L. Monteith, workers' "meinbsr, will go into reeess to overtake the vast accumulation of work, the personnel of the Court remaining in Auckland. Fixtures have already been made for" industrial disputes to be heard by the Court next week, and the change-over in Courts will not neGessitate any altertion of these. arrangements. The new Court will merely talce over and replace the present members, commencing with the hearing set down for th day on which the chang eis made. The arrears of work to be overtaken by the Court are of sufficient. magnitude to kepp members fully occupied until ' the Christmas holidays. A total of 17 industrial disputes and eight miscellaneous matters have -now been heard and the Court is thus faced with the task of issuing 17 awards and eight other decisionSi In spite of the creation of the new Court, the present body- will not have an unbroken period in which to deal with the aceumulated matters. The list of fixtures for hearing in" the near future in Auckland includes several matters that have already .been partly • heard by the present Court, and others which for various reasons, the same • Court will have" to hear. It is theref ore likely that the Court will sit on odd days when its services are speeially requi'red. . So busy is the Arbitration Court at present that it has been sitting outside ordinary Court hours. This week it sat until 5.30 o'cloek on Tuesday ' and Wednesday, and did not rise until 10.15 o'clock to-night at the conclusion of the Dominion dairy workers' dispute. In addition, the Court will sit on Saturday. Members have ■ been obliged to devote their week-end to the preparation of awards and other decisions.