WELLINGTON' TRAM STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 141, 13 June 1912, Page 5

WELLINGTON' TRAM STRIKE.

A PBOSECimOH URGED. t (By Telegraph- —Press Association.) t ] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. I 1 The secretary of the Employers' Asso--1 elation (Mr. W. Pryor) has forwarded a 1 letter regarding the Wellington tramway strike to the Minister for Labour (Hon. i G. Lauxenson). It states thaj. at a I largely-attended meeting of the advisory ! board of the association, held yesterday morning, it -was unanimously resolved - that as-no reply bad been received to ids i letters of April 23 and May 28, with rel l'eTence to the tramway strike, the letters should be made public, i The. letter of April 23 expressed the re- , gret of the advisory board that action , had not been taken against those who v -incited, aided and. abetted the. tramway k, strike. Legal advice _b__t__ try the kbaKEd.'«___.rto-_be~ __rt taction

should be taken, and could be successfully prosecuted. It was understood -that the matter was referred to -be Crown law officer by the previous Minister fox Labour (Hon. J- A. Millar), and as in the board's solicitor's opinion the law ofßceiß must agree that a clear casefor action existed, proceedings should be taken without delay, to indicate -b__ flagrant breaches of the Law would notbe tolerated by the Gov_n__ent. The second letter expressed the " board's surprise that no reply had been received to tbe first communication, and again impressed upon the Minister the necessity, in the public interest, of action being taken. The persons whom it was proposed should be prosecuted were mostly either leaders of an organisation which was avowedly flouting the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, or were connected with unions registered under the Act, and knew well that they were breaking the law. Considerable pressure had been brought to bear upon the board to make public protest against the inaction of the Government, but it is loth to do so. hoping that the Minister would give instructions for the necessary steps to be taken without any appeal being made to the public. But as the time within %v.hich action could be taken was now comparatively short, it would be necessary for a public protest to be made unless instructions were issued shortly for the law to be put into motion. •