ARBITRATION COURT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 312, 29 June 1912, Page 5

ARBITRATION COURT

MERCHANT SERVICE AWARD. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. The award of the Court of Arbitration in the Merchant Service Guild dispute (relating to masters and officers) was filed with the Clerk of Awards today. The award is based on the recommendations of the Conciliation Council. Mr. Justice Sim, in a memorandum attached, said that the parties in the case had agreed on a settlement of the dispute, and the terms agreed on were embodied in the recommendation of the Council of Conciliation. The union, after making the agreement through its duly authorised agent, attempted to repudiate it, and asked the court to alter the terms of the agreement so as to make the hours of work eight per <lay, instead of thirtysix a week. That, of course, the union cannot be allowed to do, and the award embodies the recommendation of the Council, 'with some additions afterwards agreed on by the parties. Iluddart, Parker and Co. have been retained as a party to the award, but it seems clear that the company will not be bound by the award so far as it relates to round voyages which begin and end in Australian ports. The question whether as to any other voyages in Xew Zealand waters the company will be bound can be left to be determined when a case arises.