The respondent ' firm, styled as " Kishorilal Gupta & Brothers ", entered into the following three contracts with the Governor General in Council through the Director General of Industries and Supplies, hereinafter called the Government: (i) contract dated April 2, 1943, for the supply of 43,000 "Ladles Cook"; (ii) contract dated September 15, 1944, for the supply of 15,500 "Bath Ovals"; and (iii) contract dated September 22, 1944, for the supply of 1,00,000 "Kettles Camp " Each of the said contracts contained an arbitration clause, the material part of which was as follows : " In the event of any question of dispute arising under these conditions or any special conditions of contract or in connection with this contract (except as to any matters the decision of which is specially provided for by these conditions) the same shall be referred to the award of an arbitrator to be nominated by the purchaser and an arbitrator to be nominated by the contractor. .