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IRON AND STEEL
INDUSTRY FURTHER DISCUSSED.
MR. BOYKETT SPEAKS FOR EMPLOY
ERS:
Tlie heau-ing of i he case of the iron and
steel"-.inouidcrK who a;e seeking to obtain .
beltiyv wise* fod ~v6jMiti£>iis. v.-aa ipniW'.ied .
hi'fo^e jit'.' TfcpiitV^President Webb in the i
State Industrial Court yeswrday.
Messrs.; M.-jL; Cc41atenjtiron*tfa,de) and
F. B. Spafford i'lid 'A* 13 . Chajrartn' I mou'i- i
dels) represented xho employes,' and Mr.-I i
G. H. Boykett .the employers.
,Mr. Porkeff; iji ojjeU^u$hifj address, pji:
betiiilfr of- sii>e eiapW^f.^teTeiii : tustor.'.'
6: t.t!e case.'and "said that lie thought it
irauJd fltot.Jw1. neeessai^- for zo„Ro be
yond tlfe*! iffl.'oa ]boaicliof 'dealt
with^the proceedings of thV board up to
tbe tijhe, ,rbat !tW^"?resvitvca»e..>n^w .de
ferred into court bv the then Minuter
of ^Industry (Hou. R. P. Bhmdclll. He
<nf%ed froiss the rad^en£;"ft?{MiC.Jss£iEe
BS^hanaS' ^n .the""'"£a|)5 of ijtjig appeaj^ipf
tfeS'iennflo.wers Fi<3ii the deci&on-of Hwv-*ijr^>ii
«»d steeK moulders' wages board, delivered
,0!i. Deeenftiier" 13.; 1912.'Tjlie Supr<an®1ptril!rt
had derided Sir. 'Justice Biiohauaa Vas
wrong ill a fjrrviOMS action in doclinini
to .proceed oil ,fhe ^purid,,t!iai«.thc jyjpel-1
Innts 1a majority bf eitaTflovtrs' 01
the n-azcs board). had not- beeir competent
to ^apxwal a^aiaist a determination of <t
boardj »n £rvdi- or^ivh-Usb \ tii<^i- t'lKsraselven
as ttfcmriirs' of a board had' voted." ' His 1
Honor (Mr. Justice Buchanan V, in eoiwe- |
uu^irce of the rolin;r of 'the hisrber vourt,
ail wed-the-appeal..;u)}L; • varied vSV **'
against'' fettler and' - dresser. - 50/_ as
against 52/: laborer, 48/ as a«r«hist 51/.
He then contrasted th«se rales n'ith. those
of June l.o; ;i917—jobSiiin moulder.' journey
men eorem.iiccr. and jccucibjc steel moulder .
each £3 ]:?/—the 3eterniinati«ii of the ;
ivasesVlihard: = Ho stressed-the,'point that
when ha was Minister of. Industrr. the
Hon. H. X. Barn-ell refused renuests to
call; ,1!k> ••/board tbcetli-er.' . ."iMr. sBtuadell, :
however,- at a. latev staie, referred the
matter intb conn Proceedii! j. he referred
to the number pf wnses boards dealing
with.different sections .of. indust-^. ajid the
:Yp!}nen:y -with -nrhi^b 'awards - we're not
observed. The employers put it forward:
that---their whole time would be wasted
■g£', afifcerj a f<v.yjTnontbs of ,a> deter-mi^ation
Ylic .case fiad.aiain to hie' 'fought cut in
that court. ■ There should be some secur
ity that decisions; some to should have a
fixed time, as the employers had, to ^nter
into contracts and._tnose contracts could
not be fu^d jrftlioql asrards u-ere taken .
into o'u-idGra., -Tb^re sp.ouid be some
special reaaon-ljeforetM'ypSrlteiation in. de
cisions come^^/j^'i&rjHR&fjd. Referr
ing to the oot; of ..lirlaz'he mentioned
flvat. the k"a-''afiV fiseff^hr-the'President
of-that 'poi^rt bad. ">>t iceu -attacked .other
than bv 'Vftneeses frt>m' tim£ to time—
the ejnjilbyei bad not keen Jflt.'tp eo into
th6' Qu&?tipii of the, living -.wage since that
jirHjment »7is -iren.'
The Deputr President—I understand that
there is to be An .•application.
Mr. Boytett—There has'been nothiuz tip
to-date.- Continimwr. ■ he said that 'thai
judgment was always taken "by the *-a<tes
board .is a bag's and they would fiii'd that
in the 1>ic majority of the decisions—90 per
,eent.—the minimum 'waift.ivas fixed at Ml;
in .-io?ord/moe with that judgment. ' XTo
evidence had been srifen to show that the
minimum w.ace should be altered.
1 The Depntv President—Yes, there is a
case to answer so fat as the minimum
•trace « concerned, besause thfere is evi
dence that- the laborer- -in a ?(>undr*\ is J
-•rifp iwhia". exercisesVai. iff
'reifl'MM 'ihe -'conditions' liirider 'wliicK he
works are arduous and there is also the
clement, of danger.
Mr.-Boyieii;—J"hpit: is all on^-sMeji
den -p. PrOceediDtr'. Me- dealt ' with ■-! tVe
question of interstate competition and quo
ted sec-lion 21 of the Amending Factories
_\ct. .directed. - that a bpard
smBl take ratifonsideraSbn *thp"ideteriiiifia
tion of any such board in Victoria. .That
elaai liad« been included: in th£ *Aet as
the Deputy President had said, to .protect
the South .Australian 'industries, and it
was absolute1}* mandatory.
Mr. Boykett. had not concluded his ad
dress when the court adjourned until
Tl'iimdar next. :
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