ARBITRATION COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 1 June 1907, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

TELEGRAMS.

XKW PROCEDURE LAID DOWN. Per Press Association. Wellington, Mi'.y 31. 'Hie Court of Arbitration ilociiloil todav not to'lake the disputes conci-rning I'll-! printing trades in (lie City till .lime •.Jo, Imt commence at Palnierslon North on Tuesday next. ~ , Judge Sim laid down ll " ( ' w , lnle '

procedure with regard to cases bclore the Conciliation Uuiiv.l. When « decision of the Hoard was disagreed with hitherto, it hiul been the practice to commence tin- cases in the Arbitration Court de iiovi) hilt Jwb'O Sim ruled in the mixmillers' dispute' that as the employees were satisfied with the recommendation of the Board the employers must show reasons why those conditions are unsatisfactory.

Mr Vryor. representing the employers,] made a strong protest against such nil iiHcrnlioii in the practice of the Court, but. .bulge Sim refused to admit that sinli was the practice, and contended that fhe circumstances resembled nil aplt was Mated in Court by the llaxmil-li'i-s employees' representative that the seei-etiirv of his onion had disappeared with the funds of the union ami nil re- | .-oril-i of the evidence given before the Conciliation .Hoard.

TYPOCIIAPHICAL dispute. Per Press Association. Wellington, May 31. At the Arbitration Court it was announced that the city employers concerned in the typographical dispute had arrived at a settlement with the Union in regard to employees engaged in linotype work.* Mr Pirani, in reply to a statement by the secretary of the Union, disclaimed any intention of upsetting this agreement. * All he required was that the settlement should not be extended to machine compositors in the country. As a matter of fact, the men in tho country were i<! a much better position than the employees in the city. The Court ratified the agreement referred to above. It provides for payment by time, or piece ■work, a day's work to consist of not more than seven hours, and wages to be at the rate of £3 10s per week for day operators and £3 ltis for night operators. Provisioiris made for the employment of probationer operators nt the rale of £2 10s per.week for day work, nnd £2 Ids per week for night work, or Is Gd per hour for day and Is !)d per hour for night work. The agreement is binding on seven linns in the city. That portion of the union's demands relating to other branches of the trade will be dealt with in Court on June 25.