ARBITATION COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1921, Page 1

ARBITATION COURT

i'F/Ct [J A K LKO A h POSIT TON. II v TKI'KCIIAPII —I'ItKSS . XSN., Ll>l'YlllC.H t. W F.IJ'I NOTON. September 12. Jbe Attorm-y-Ceneral to-day handled to the Press a statement in which he discusses the constitution of Die Arbitration Court and clloct of " r AfeCulloogh’s re-iguation tlwrclrotn. \ft,i icvi-wing the manner in which Die Appointment- to the Cnnit are made. Sir F. Hell says it ha- devolved oil the Covernment I" advise his F.x----ccllciii-v tin- ('overiior as to t.he date from which Mr McCulloiigh's resignation shall lake clfcel. The only purlins,. of advising that Dm date should be postponed lieyond the date of receipt of resignation would hi' 111 keep the Court still constituted of three nu-in--1,,-rs and to allow M r Reardon to sit as acting nomiiial'-d member during tbe interval. That nmao- that tin- (pmstion I-foie the CovTllineiit was re-luc ,<d to the single ipi'-stion, whether the terms of Die Act would authorise an acting nominated member to sit umln

su.eb cii.-'imslam-es. “That is a 'pies i ion of 1 i-v." he said, “upon " hieli meessarily f have had lo form a separate iinl i v ill >i il opinion. A- the principal law oflb er ..f tlm Crown. I have lmee nnable to advise the Cmernor tint duping the pm in I sim-e tlm date w Imn Mr MeColloiigh sent in hi- resignation and :: 11 v dale from "hiel: Dal resigealion simul-1 take etf'et. Mr Mcfnb is unable by reason of illness of otle-r cause I" attend any silting oi the Court "ii day fixed for satinMr M,('ll lion -hi- in fact unable to sit Any other in!--iiu el a t bni of the ivord„t Dm Statue "redd "liable any noniiI m"Uil"-r to abstain il'irim.r Dm whole l-i-m of Id- "lime from -biting and to s'lb-iitole for himself an a, tin", imniinaied liiemß r. and 1 am pnitc sal i-lied tbat sm It e.tiinnl h,, a t'-m- inl ,-i'prel at i"tt oi the langt'.ig'' ol tele. 11l , "l-e. pmn, . | have felt bound t" nirtlmr advise Cabinet that tbe po-t poimment "I accept am-'- *d Alt MeCullougit's i i-signa lion "onld lie no effect, other than to prolong the I ~ril'd Ilf the disloeat ion of tlm Court until Mr McCullough's sit,-,-'—or can he nominated and appointed, ina-much as (be ('oiirt eaunet !,-• , on-lit ill'-,1 " itheot tbe pc of Mr M -'CiilUngh himselt. so long as Air A!,('i ■ll h continues to 1.. the nominated memher. tinh-'s Am McCullough is disabled from attendance With great regret therefore the (b.ve.-n.m-a, ha- be.-n f-"'-'--J l" D," <-0n-,.1n-ion that AD M.Culhmgh's resignation st be accepted as from tlm dote when it "Us teitd-red. anil that the nominations from th" Imlusirial unions of 'Yorkers must la- taken ami that tlte Cov-rimr-Cmt, m-al mu-t lm Inter advised t- seh'd l"o names from persons so tioniinalcl. mm to 1.. a mmiiW »f th" Court, m l'k»' , ‘ of Mr Al'Tnlloegh. and Dm oth'-r to be tbe acting nominated "tli.-er. Ihe casual vucall,-y ~,-easioimd by Air Ale Cull,moll's resignal ion ereal'-s a vaenne.v no, nn-relv in bis olliee as nominated member held at present by Mr Kiordao. Tbe Act re<|uic-s am'-mhnctd :» this t“- .„,..( There Ml,mill Im dm- provision f„| c-ont ionil v ol D'e Cotirl and d most not h" possible in future that th” business of the Court should lm delayed for a long period by death or resignation of one of Us members. ACCKI.AND. Kept. l‘_. Tbe next -it * ing of Dm Arbitration - t d A m-I.la ml. "'hieli was tixcl for Time-,hiv n-xt lias been postponed nubbin iI'I v Ail intimation t<i Dos efCoo, was in eived from Dm Registrar „f Dm Arhitralion Court t"-day.