LORD MILNER ON SOUTH AFRICA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8829, 4 June 1907, Page 1

LORD MILNER ON SOUTH AFRICA.

Press Association— Copyright. London, June 1. Lord Milner at a Unionist demonstration at York acknowledged Eaxl Grey's and Mr Moriey's wise firmness in Egypt and India, but the radical fanatics had diverted their full force to South Africa which was a lightning conductor for their mischievous activities. He quoted Mr Smuts showing the Transvaal's grave material depression. Lord Milner declared that the alarming decline was duo to reckless electoral agitation in Britain destroying confidence While he recognised the sincerity of General Botha's speeches he contended that we had transferred the Transvaal to a purely racial party and aid the foundations of Dutch ascendency and from Capetown to Limpopo .the Briton, at any rate, temporarily, was the under dog. Commenting on the Colonial Conference, he said preference must now be argued as a living principle which would give au immediate impetus t to exports to the colonies whose inhabit- j ants per -head were vastly our best { customers. Preference by encouraging colonial production and population would multiply those customers, and our emigration would be directed to British lands instead of running waste all over the 1 world, thus upbuilding the Empire and > our man power needed for defence and unity.

The point ra'.sed in the Arbitration Court regarding the duty of employers where a dispute has been before the Conciliation "Board and its recommendations are acceptable to the union seeking for an award, was further referred to by Mr Justice Sim at He considered that where both sides have been represented and the Board, after full investigation, has made a recommendation, that [recommendation ought to be treated as, prima facie, a fair and reasonable settlement of the industrial dispute. The Court has jurisdiction to make an award after having the points in the dispute discussed by the parties without hearing any evidence at all, and although a recommendation has strictly no legal effect after a dispute has been referred to the Court, there is nothing to prevent the Court from calling on the party who lias referred a dispute to the Court to show cause why the recommendation of the Board should not be adopted as the basis of an award. If such party canuot adduce, any valid reason for disregarding the recommendation, the Court, without calling on the other side, may makeanaward on U-'e basis of the recommendation. In cases where neither side is satisfied with the recommendation of the Board, then the party who brought the dispute before the Board would have to begin at the hearing before the Arbitration Court, but eyon in such case it may be convenient to take the recommendation as a starting point. The Court also took the opportunity of saying that, in cases where there is an existing award or industrial agreement which it is desired to have modified, the union in framing its demands should take the award or agreement as its starting point and show exactly in what respects it is desired to have the same modified.

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