ARBITRATION COURT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 39, 5 February 1908, Page 2

ARBITRATION COURT.

Per Press Association. oumnlin, Cast Night. At the Arbitration Court to-day Mr. was charged with committing :i hvi'ncli ot'tho carters' award by failing to pay ihe moil for a clay on winch they diil not work, owing to im-lcnieuey of the weather, Inspector IJally said that under llio award an employer had the option of paying l his mm either £2 63 or £2 83 per work. If the former sum were paid, (he men were entitled to receive, payment for wet days when they could not work. Respondent for a time paid the men on the t'l 8s rate, hut latterly had (he C2 (is clause as a basis. Tin- day in (jucslion war very wet, and the men wailed at the stable all day, being given 110 work to do. On pay-day (U was deducted from the men's wage's «.n account of the day rdC Th(; men re•ented this, and on the Monday following pay -day they went on strike. The defence wars that the day was not too wet to work, and that defendant ordered Ihe men to yoke up. hut th°y did not. do s<>. The men, live in number, who went on strike on the Monday were charged wuh participating in a strike.

The hwpector stilted that the strike lasted less than an hour. was reserved in both cases. Decision was reserved in the following cases: oubilec Coal Company, charged with failure to ballot for certain places in the mine, nlso with failure place men in the mine in accordance with positions drawn in the ballot; Christie Bros., alleged breach with regard to removal of dross from the coalmine. They were also charged with neglecting io ballot far a certain heading in the mine. 0

In the case against A. Taylor, charged with a breach of tlie cabinetmakers' award by working apprentices without indenturing them, a conviction was recorded, respondent being ordered to pay costs.