Agency:
Tasmanian Railways Award Board of Reference
Agency Number:
Start Date:
21 Apr 1943
End Date:
22 Jun 1944
Description:
Rail unions in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania had, over the previous three years, lodged a significant log of claims for varioation of the Railways Consolidated Award. Justice Drake-Brockman of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration made an order for a Board in each State to investigate and recommend appropriate changes.;;;;Colonel James Purcell Clark, Commissioner of the Court of Requests and Police Magistrate in Hobart, was appointed to chair the Tasmanian Board which sat at Hobart, Launceston and Devonport betwen 27 September 1943 and 24 February 1944. The Board, dealing with a log of 339 claims, sat for 37 days and heard 203 witnesses. Colonel Clark submitted his report to the Court on 22 June 1944.
Legislation Creating:
Order of Justice Drake - Brockman (21 Apr 1943) under Section 17 of the National Security (Industrial Peace) Regulations.
Series Created By Agency:
| CBE17/1 Correspondence, Reports, Interpretations and associated Papers of Chairman, Col J P Clark. | 01 Jan 1941 | 31 Dec 1944 |
| CBE17/3 Index to Witnesses. | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 1944 |
| CBE17/2 Transcript of Evidence. | 27 Sep 1943 | 24 Feb 1944 |
| CBE17/4 Report and Recommendations. | 22 Jun 1944 | 22 Jun 1944 |