The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-24
NEW ZEALAND EXPERIMENT.

New Zealand country wonderful social
permens The colony has work and solved problems with
which the of the world is still struggling and Of them
been of contention for centuries The New Zealand
election laws are most satisfactory Woman suffrage
Zealand has proved marked State insurance has been
tried and found wanting The working out OF the Old
pensions which may still be in the realm Of the
decided promise The temperance
has been and solved has in other part of the
world Lastly there has been working for the past years
labor law entitled the industrial and Arbitration Act OF 1900
which has thus far given fairly good satisfaction the
The colony far aboris concerned divided into industrial
districts and each district has board of conciaOn From the
board to the court arbitration lndictabe offences
considered either by the board the following
the main subjects considered though matters OF sen
eral nature can be brought up.
(a) The wages allowances remuneration OF workers
poyed any industry the members paid be paid in
respect Of such employment.
(b The erpoyment SEX age qualification status
OF workers. and the and conditions of employment.
(c) The employment children young persons any
persons, class OF persons in any industry the dismissal Of
or refusal to employ particular class
OF persons, therein.
() claim OF members Of an industrial union OF employers
preference of service from unemployed members of industrial
unions of workers.
(e The claim of members OF industrial union of workers
employed in preference nOnmembers.
~ Any established usage OF any industry, either
generally or in the particular district affected
The of the may be considered lie in the registration
of every industrial An industrial act
society consisting of less than persons the OF
employers seven in the OF workers. who lawfully
caed for the of protecting furtherng the interests of
employers workers in connection with any specified in
dustry industries the colony The registration intended
to render the industrial union and all persons who members
there the time of registration who shall become members
after such registration subject the jurisdiction the board and
respectively and liable all the provisions of the Every
industrial union be sued for the purposes OF the
by the by which is registered and service affected by
delivering to the chairman secretary,
The clause affecting strikes and making effort that
difficult question certainly of great interest in view OF the i'll
effects of strikes many parts OF the world 1t provides that
Until the dispute has been finally disposed of by the board
the neither the parties the dispute the workers affect
ed by the dispute SHALL of the dispute do be
cerned in doing, directly indirectly, anything in the
OF strike or lockout OF suspension dcOnnuance of
pOyment work but the relationship of employer and employed
shall continue uninterrupted by the dispute anything arising
out of the dispute If default made faithfully observing any
of the foregoing provisions OF this section every union
ton employer worker person committing concerned in
committing the default shall be liable penalty exceeding
$50 ($243)"
The whole bill is of the greatest interest the employer of
labor the practical worker and the economic student 1t
with suggestion from finish and shows how earnestly
such questions and grappd with by the hardheaded and
sensible population of New Zealand There probably
muny which thoroughly in earnest to obtain good legis
aon that of New Zealand The traditional past discarded
What sought the good the present Instead of following
models savis the New Zeaanders create their models
and down them But then New Zealand has excep
tional population. , -.