THE ARBITRATION COURT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8844, 21 June 1907, Page 2

THE ARBITRATION COURT.

A ‘Sensible Judge(Si’ECiAr. to Times.) v y.vTi:u, Juno 20. At the Arbitral’n- here lo ony a rather important point cropped up on the question o£ profit sharing. In tho typographical case tho Union representative raised the question whether a newspaper proprietor would not be compelled to produce his books (o show ' tho profits of his business so as to base tiro wages on a profit-sharing principle. Judge Sim said it was ridiculous to expect tho Court to take profits into consideration in fixing wages, for if that were done, and in one district an employer lost money and another made large profits they would have to fix different wages for each, or perhaps they would bo asked to average it, -which would bo unreasonable. The Court would not consider profit-sharing at all. The Union representative said such an opinion struck at the very base of the Act and rendered it useless to them. Tress Association. N.U'IKK, Juno 20. At the Arbitration Goustto-day several compensation eases came up for decision. In one ease whore £350 had been awarded to a widow as compensation for tho death of her husband and .£IOO of this amount had already been paid it was decided that, as there wore live dependants, the balance of .£250 should bo handed over to the Public Trustee to be invested and applied by him as ho thinks proper for the maintenance and benefit of the widow and dependents. In another case a worker ; receiving 10s per day had throe fingers amputated and was now only receiving ; <Js per day. An order was made for payment of (is per week. Decision was ro- | served in a third case where £BOO was claimed for loss of an arm, the defence being that plaintiff was now in receipt of as much per week as lie received prior to tho accident.