ARBITRATION COURT.
A FRIVOLOUS PROSECUTION. ~ Per Press Association. Auckland, May 6. Huddart Parker & Co. were charged with a breach of the waterside workers award by working men continuously without the regulation stopping hours for meals. Evidence was given that a gang of men worked continuously 36 hours loading the Wimmera on March 9th. The facts were admitted, but the company contended that the circumstances were exceptional. The Union Secretary, in answer to Judge Sim, said he was not in position to doubt the statement that the men did not want to stop for supper, preferring to finish and get home.
Judge Sim said the Union should not bring cases unless there was something substantial. It was clear a breach of the award bad been committed, but it seemed little' more than a technical point. The case was not one for a penalty. The breach was formally recorded.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9138, 6 May 1908, Page 5
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147ARBITRATION COURT. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9138, 6 May 1908, Page 5
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