WAGES IN WAR TIME.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 150, 1 December 1914, Page 4

WAGES IN WAR TIME.

NOT JUSTIFIED. ■ By Cable—Piross Association—Copyright, Received 30, 9.10 pjn. Sydney, November 30. At the Industrial Arbitration Court, J,' Justice Heydon delivered judgment ttt' connection with the application of' * ' number of trade groups regarding &•' "" powers of Wages Boards during war ' time, arising cut of the contention of ■ the chairmen of several boards tfcat tliey should for a time cease to hear ap-' plications to regulate wages. -'Judge Heydon said there was no direct provision in the Act empowering the Court v to give boards such directions, but though the Appellate Jurisdiction Court justified it, after traversing the detrimental effects of war on commerce and - ■ employment, and referring to omens pointing to a protracted war, lie held that Government employees must not at present look for higher wages, and as regards others workers, the presumption vt.is against any claims for increases. • The ruling applies to all cases before the Court. Things might develop fa-, vourably in a ,short time, therefore'he suggested that existing awards should be renewed for a short term, with the right to apply for increases within that time, if circumstances justified it. '■)-