ARBITRATION COURT

Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1929, Page 6

ARBITRATION COURT

SITING AT l-lOKITIKA. MONDAY, JUNE 10th. Before Mr Justice Frazer .(Chairman), L. J. Schmitt (Employers’ Representative). and A. L. Mouteith (Workers’ Representative). The Court sat at 10 a.m. COOKS’ AND STEWARDS’ AWARD. Application to have South Westbuid Shipping Coy. Ltd. added to list of partic*. to the Cocks’ and Stewards’ Award. Mr Turley lor the Union and Air Wild for the Company. Mr Turley asked that this Company be added to the Award, Mr Wild stated the South Westland service was one of peculiar-' circumstances, and objected to being joined in the award. He pointed out that the Company was filing ;run simply to give the settlers in South ..estland a means of obtaining supplies to their holdings. Last year there was a loss of £-319 on the service. He pointed out that the Gael was as large as it was possible to safely work the southern harbours, but was too small to orolitably work the larger centres. Mr Wild supplied a large number of statements in connection with the receipts and expenditure of the Company and traversed at length the position of the settlers in South Westland. Air. Turley addressed the Court briefly and the Court reserved judge-

mem. Cil'JAl FOR COMPENSATION. c j John Thotuns Dalton Ale-Lean v. i Hamilton and Coy. Ltd. ~ j A claim f.r compensation, for a ... ! weekly payment of £4 per week for 17 \\;eeks (less £2O, already paid) a lump U; sum as may be reasonable, £1 medical , expenses and costs, for injury caused ' while working at defendants sawmill, whereby plaintiff lost the sight of his e 1 left eye. Air Joyce for plaintiff. Air t j Alurdoch for defendant. I, Dr Bmce Baird give evidence that e as a result of the accident, plaintiff s ' had lost the. sight of his left eye. ..! John T. D. v j that lie had been employed as engincs! driver by Lambton and Co. at their r mill. As a result of an accident lie had lost the sight of an eye. He was e employed by this firm for 2j months, v 1 He got 17/10 per day. A full week ,• was 6 days, 48 hours. He got Monday t off by request. if This was the case for plaintiff, par--1 ticulars of accident being agreed to. John Applegarth, Manager for . Lambton and Co. gave evidence. The . plaintiff was employed by defendant’s 3 company, and met with an accident, i Witness was present at the time. When s the engine was being shifted from one i site to another, it was partly dis- - mantled for safety. The work was ? mainly carried out by plaintiff. The t accident happened on the first day of i the reworking of the mill. The tffne- | | sheets off' defendant, showing when plaintiff worked, were put in. The , wages paid plaintiff in two months was £34 Os 2d, about £4' os per week. To Air Joyce: He had seen defendant as to a settlement, but the latter declined to discuss the matter, stating it was in the hands of Air Turley. The Court adjourned to ' consider their finding and returned in five minutes. His Honor staled that there was some little confusion at first as to whether lie Hid 10-t the sight of the eye, but Dr Baird’s evidence showed the eye was useless. The other matters in dispute were not material to the issue. The weekly earnings were taken as of a 48-hour week of £o 7s. Judgment would bo f'er two-thirds, £3 lls 4d for 17 weeks and the balance of six years at one-ha.lf, 3os 8d per week, £l. for first aid. with £lO 10s costs, £2 2s for Dr Baird, and costs to defendant £8 2s f>d. i This concluded the business and the 1 -i tings ended. ] AILSSiNG FISHERMEN LOCATED. ' AUCKLAND, June 0. | Two fishermen, Constantine Afallio- ’| ros and Charles Singer, of Auckland, who were reported missing, are now ‘•ta'od bv the master of Hie fug Aga- | roa to he safe at Tutukaka Harbour, j north of V/hangaroi. where tliey wore \ sheltering.