OUR LABOUR LAWS' TRIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 18 March 1907, Page 2

OUR LABOUR LAWS' TRIAL.

♦ THE LNWCniEXT OF THE SLAUGHTERMEN'. Vi Silt JUSTICE COOPER'S PHOKOUNCEAIENT. pi ■ ■ fo 'ARBITRATION' ACT EFFECTIVE, in PENAL CLAUSES CAN P>E APPLIED. «j. 1 " ti ' \'~ Per Press Association. tl Christchurch, March 10. ll Mr Justice Cooper, at the Supreme *' Court, dealt with the eases of the; ' slaughtermen against whom the Labor Department yesterday secured writs of v allaeliment in default of payment of •' tines-inflicted by the Arbitration Cour'.. '' Mr Stringer said the men had made . satisfactory arrangements for the pav- ~ ment of the lines,'ami '" eonse(|Ueiiee ' he bad directed 'the Sheriff not to pro- ' ceed with the. writs. His Honor said the Department had I taken the right course in bringing the matter before the Court. The judgment be bad given had been a general one that, in his opinion, would establish the fact that the Arbitration Act was Directive, and that the penal clauses could be applied to all parties who disobeyed an order of the Arbitration Court. It was well that the public should understand that all-classes of persons who come within the scope of the Act, and who committed breaches, were liable, if thoy did not comply with the orders of the Court, to be attached in the Supreme Court. "It is well," Baid his Honor, ''that this should t>6 generally known, both by the workers and employers, that the. machinery in the Act is effective for the purpose of enforcing due compliance with its provisions."- He was very glad the matter had been settled, because it would have/ beta unpleasant to liaVe] committed a body of men to prison,

SATISFACTION WITH SETTLEMENT THE PARTIES' LOSSES,, Christdmrcli, March 10. There is a general feeling of satisfaction in the city that the trouble between Inc. meat companies Hirtl (the slaughtermen has heen settled. The) men ceased work on February 20, nearly three weeks ago, during which time the companies, producers and the men themselves have been suffering inconvenience and loss. The companies have been unable 'to deal with anything like a normal amount of stock, and farmers hare been compelled to hold stock that should- have been slaughtered, and the men, counting tlio loss of wages and lines for striking, have just lost about £2O each. The men are cither paying the lines or making arrangements to pay by instalments at '£l a week. All start work on Monday morning, i

HEAVY SUPPLIES EXPECTED. Christehureh, March' 10. Now that the strike lias ended, very large quantities of stock will from Monday onwards be forwarded to the Belfast and Islington freezing works, and the factories will be kept very busy for somo time to.come. The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, proprietors of 'the Belfast works, have been advised that 50,000 sheep will he' delivered at the works almost immediately.