PRINTERS' AWARD.
-. QUESTION OF LEGALITY. (By Wire.—Parliamentary RepMer). Wellington, Last Night. Mr. E. J. Howard (Christchurch South) asked in the House to-day why the issue of the award in the printing trade had been delayed. The award had been made on September 18, and he had seen it stated since then that the master printers had decided not to comply with the award. Mr. Howard added that the increased rates in the award were retrospective to May, in accordance with an agreement between the parties. Sir William Herries replied that the award contained something that the Labor Department considered to be ultra vires. The qxiostion had been referred to the law officers of the Crown, who would sny whether or not the Court had power to make the agreement an award. He hoped the matter would be settled within a day or two. He would be only too glad to issue the award,
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1920, Page 5
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153PRINTERS' AWARD. Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1920, Page 5
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