ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS. WOOL SHIPS' COMMISSION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81824, 17 August 1906, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT AWARDS.

WOOL SHIPS' COMMISSION.

LABORS' ALLEGATIONS. PEE MESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, August 10. The Hon. G. Fowlds, replying to a Saddlers' Union deputation pretesting against awards of the Arbitration Court, and alleging that the judge was out of sympathy with workers, said they must recognise it was a serious matter to interfere with a Court which had been constituted to securo the very best and most impartial decisions possiblo. The President was a Judge of the Supreme Court. Supposing the workers got a President whom they considered to bo in sympathy with them, it would be a serious matter if employers wished to haye his decisions interfered with by the Government. He indicated that tho Government could not interfere, but promised to bring tho representations made under the notice of the Minister for Labour.

Per Press Association. VV ELLINGTON, August 16. Giving evidence 'before the Wool Ships' Commission, Captain W. Bendall, Marine Surveyor to the Underwriters' Association, said of late years there had been trouble with wool conveyed jby railway, and most of the trouble had occurred with fellmongers' wool. Steamers nowadays carried on work a little beyond the point they should do in rainy weather. There had been no Underwriters' supervision during the last twelve months. He thought it woufi ha a good thing if | harbour boards had an inspector to whom suspicious wool oould be referred, whoso decision that it was dangjrous would make it compulsory for ships to refuse such wool