ARBITRATION COURT.
BREACHES OF AWARDS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the Arbitration Court to-dny, Thomson, Lewis and Co., aerated water manufacturers, were charged with paying less than the award rate to two machine bottlers. Jlr. Lewis stated that just after the award was announced lie found there was no provision to ( teach men machine bottling. One of the men fell sick, and ho had to teach a man to do the work. The Court decided simply to record) tt' breach in the ease. Humphries ilros. i were cited for a breach of tfie award in the plasterers' dispute in having employed a non-unionist plasterer. The Court described this case as trivial and simply recorded a breach. .f. Rod, butcher, was cited for employing Edgar Cornelius at less than tha award rate. Mr. Rod said that Cornelius was not competent to earn the fuli rate.' The Court held that the breach had been committed deliberately. A fine of £5 was imposed on the respondent and against Cornelius a breach was simply recorded. A similar case was
that aguhist Mr. MeManns for paying less than the award rate to his cook and his waitress, Maggio Whitford and Emily Hyland respectively. The respondent (licensee of tlu; "Railway Hotel) had admitted the facts, but hncV refused to pay the arrears! Neither of the other respondents, the cook and the waitress, knew what the award rate was. -The respondent was fined £5 in respect of tlu two eases, and breaches were recorded in the cases of the two employees. (J)ias. H. William*, liotclkeeper, was fined £2 for employing John Stoekhridge at /ess than the award rate of pay. Stockbridge was fined 10s. The Levin Meat and Cold Storage Co. was fined £2 for employfug Charles Bolton at less limn the award rate. Bolton was fined 10s» 'lhe Court was asked to decide wthei they the employment of a waiter for a period of one wvek at 30s was a breach of the casual labor clause of/ the award which fixes the wages of cas- ( nal laborers at a day for the first * wages. The Court held that a weekly ) contract was not casual labor. *
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 211, 27 August 1908, Page 2
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361ARBITRATION COURT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 211, 27 August 1908, Page 2
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