Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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1200 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V fb) Territories under the authority of the Commonwealth, New Zealand, or the Islands of the Pacific. The words italicized represent the changes made in the section since 1908, when the Bill was first drafted in its present form. Similarly the definition of ‘ Foreign-going ship > now reads— Foreign-going ship includes every ship (other than an Australian trade-ship) employed in trading or going between olaces in Australia and places beyond Australia. In the case of New Zealand there have been decided by the High Court of New Zealand two cases of great importance, which no doubt influenced the Government of the Dominion in their action at the Conference of 1911. In the case of In re Award of Wellington Cooks’ and Stewards’ Union, the issue was whether an award by the New Zealand Court of Arbitra- tion as to the minimum rate of wages to be paid to cooks and stewards and seamen on vessels trading between New Zealand and Australia was binding upon two steamship companies, the first the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, being registered in New Zealand, with the head offices and management in the Dominion, and the vessels affected registered there. The other company, the Huddart- Parker Company Proprietary, Limited, was a company regis- tered in Victoria, where it had its head office and general management, and where its ships were registered. The articles of the Union Steamship Company’s ships were signed in New Zealand, and the men were paid there, while those of the Huddart-Parker Company’s vessels were signed in Australia, where also the men received their pay. It was found, as a matter of fact, that the awards made by the Arbitration Court were not observed in full by the companies, inasmuch as they called upon the employees in some of their vessels to do work which under the award should have been paid for as overtime, and which was not so paid for. This happened while the ships were in Australian or Fijian ports, or at sea, as well as when they were in New Zealand waters vr harbours, and the Court of Arbitration sent a case for the + (1906) 26 N. Z. L. BR. 394. Cf, Harrison Moore, Commonwealth of Australia? pp. 259, 266, 282, 283.

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