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1907. NEW ZEALAND.

ARBITRATION COURT (FINES INFLICTED BY) ON EMPLOYERS, WHICH ARE STILL UNPAID.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 4th September, 1907. Ordered, '< That there be laid before this House a return giving the particulars of cases (if any) in which fines were inflicted upon employers by the Arbitration Court, and which are still outstanding and unpaid "— (Mr. Barclay.) *

Return giving Particulars of Cases in which Fines were inflicted upon Employers by the Arbitration Court, and which are still outstanding and unpaid.

Name. Address. Award. Penalty unpaid. Remarks. McDuff, A. .. Napier Carpenters £ s. d. 5 0 0 Distress warrant issued ; no effects. Private creditor holds bid of sale over goods. Bankrupt; dividend to be paid shortly out of esiate. Distress warrant issued by solicitors, but useless. By means of orders of Court arrears of wages were collected. Magistrate refused to make further order. Ditto. Payne, J.J. w ■ ■ 5 0 0 Colville, J. .. Wellington .. Saddlers 2 0 0 Moore, J.J... Drivers 2 0 0 w • • • * O'Neill, James Bell, William it • • 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 Left address given ; gone to Sydney. £4 10s. paid in instalments; balance, 10s., to come. Effects under bill of sale. Handed to solicitors. Nothing to seize. Left colony before oase heard. Handed to solicitors. Gone ; no address. Handed to solioitois. Unable to find. Welsby, J. R. Swaisland, Richard .. Abraham, Philip Stratlord and Son Penny, Mrs. M. 12 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 Searl, E. J. .. Cooks and Waiters' agreement Ditto .. 10 0 H . * Handed to solicitors. Arrangements not complete between them and defendant's solicitors. (Recent case.) Ditto. ' U*ual notices sent, but left Wellington • heard of subsequently in Blenheim, but since left there for Wellington. Handed to solicitor. Left address given ; cannot be found. Bankrupt. Paid 10s. on account ; has nothing to seize. Distress warrant issued ; nothing to seize. Case handed to Crown Solicitor, and so far £1 has been collected. Nothing to seize. Case handed to Crown Solicitor. Distress warrant issued; nothing to seize. Subsequently left Dunedin, and trac. d to Gisborne. £1 10s. paid in instalments, and further instalments being colleoted. Ditto. Nothing to seize. £5 paid on account; balance to oome in further instalments. Brankrupt; to pay dividend in estate. Nothing to seize. Hartshorne, — * « » * . • 4 0 0 6 0 0 O'Shea, Mrs. Wilson, William Milner, Thomas Bowen, W. W. Smith, M. .. H . . Drivers Tailoresses Coachbuilders Painters 8 0 0 5 0 0 4 10 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 Christohurch Dunedin Smith, C. .. 2 0 0 Scott Bros. Myers, A. 8 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 Tailoresses Angell, W. .. France and McKenzie Carpenters Painters 5 0 0 5 0 0