CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 28 May 1914, Page 4

CONCILIATION COUNCIL.

TIMBER WORKERS' DISPUTE. Tie hearing of the TaranaJct timber woxkera' dispute waa continued l before tho Conciliation Council in the Town Hail yesterday. A settlement was arniived at. but the award has to be formally confirmed today before it wiill be available for publication.

The Commissioner congratulated the assessors upon the good solid work that had' been done without tho slighticat friction to mar the pJeasa-at relationships that existed between employer and. employee. Mr Morton oxpiressed sincere thanks to the Oommis<ionor for the modus operandi displayed in what he hoped and iielieved to be a happy settlement. He also thanked the assieasons for the employees for their forebearance in a great many respects and trusted tlia/t when the award was brought into force and they were working under it, they would have little occasion to find fault with it or that there would be any dispute under it. Air Lyons, on behalf of the assessors for tlie employees, seconded the motion of ithanks to the Commissioner. He had, he said, been before the Conciliation Council on many occasions hut on no occasion had there been a more friendly spirit shown on either fide as jhad been tlie case in this instance. He specially complimented the Commissioner for his forebearance. He luul [listened ipatienjtly and attentively, and his advice and instruction siad been keenly appreciate*). Mr Lyons a'no tendered his thanks to the assessors for the employers for their courtesy and | for the "ttraightforw&rd manner in which they had dealt with Hhe matter. If all disputes were conducted on the i3ame footing and with men of the i ability "of the Commissioner to preside, I they would never be any friction, i Mr Austin also expressed his thanks ito the Commii-iioner, referring to the I friendly feeling that had been manifest 1 dming the hearing of the dispute.

The. Commissioner thanked the assessors '3ar their kindly expression of appreciation of his ivxricca. One thin*? that a Oammissloaiar enjoyed was to realise that lie had the goodwill and rr-spedt of both sides. The position was a aomortvluit djft'iculfc one because die was supposed to preside over and witch the interests of botli sides. Tie had never ffvt on any dispute that had been discussed in a more friendly manner than in ithis instance. There was no dtoubt tlmt conciliation wasl the correct method of settling disputes.