AN IMPORTANT DECISION

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 315, 16 July 1898, Page 2

AN IMPORTANT DECISION

ARBITRATION COURT AWARD UPSET. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION'). Dunemv, Last Night. An important matter under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act came before Mr Justice Pennefather today. The matter came ou in the form of an application for the issue of a writ of attachineut against Wm. Wright, John Calder and James Walker for alleged breaches of the award of the Arbitration Court in the recent induß- - dispute between the master bakers and the Duuedin Rakers ana Pastrycooks' Union. Mr J. F. M. Fraser appeared for the Union, and the Hon. J. McGregor and Mr Woodhouse for W. Wright and J. Calder. Mr Justice Pennefather said the case must fail on the preliminary objection. The application was of a highly penal nature, and it was, therefore, necessary the preliminaries should be observed with the greatest care. The first point to decide was whether the award waa good, and whether there was such an Association as the Master Bakers' Association. After quoting the clauses of the Act as to the definition of Industrial Association, lie said in the first place it must be an aggregate of Industrial Associations, and in the second place it must be registered. In this case there was no evidence that the Association was an aggregate of a number of unions, and there was certainly clear evidence it was not regist' red. Being clear on that poiut, it was not necessary to enter on the second matter. The application was, therefore, dismissed.