TROUBLE AMONG THE WATERSIDERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 68, 20 March 1917, Page 4

TROUBLE AMONG THE WATERSIDERS.

Alf EXECUTIVE OFFICER CONCERNED. I ~ " TWO MEMBERS FINED. At * general meeting of the Water. side Workers' Union, held on Wednesday last, the 14th inst., a proposal of "'no-confidence" in a member of- the executive named Ellis was submitted by M. Saunders, another member of the executive, and carried. There We're about 100 members present at the rife'eiirig. The action was taken-as the'result of an- alleged breach by Ellis" of the rules' governing the hour set aside for' luncheon, lt appears that Ellis was engaged with other WatersideTs to wotfe an oversea steariier. Hri -taxed in the morning, and left with the gang" fjjjj luricliedn,_but returned a quarter- d£- ari hour early. Mr. McLeod, foreman for tbe Shaw, Savill, arid AlbiOri. Cdmpariv, agents for the vessel, approached BHs oil his return, arid asked him to "stretch a point" and drive* a winch' to permit sixteen nien which- he had standing idle at No. (3 hatch to cd'mniericc work. As Ellis was 7 the only' wiri'clihi'aavailable at the time, he acceded to the request, and later reported the* matter to the secretary of the' union, Mr. j. Rickards. A riieeting of the* executive was convened, arid held on the* ldtii ihrt., but Ellis was unable to attend; arid tiie niatter passed- through the" exe'c"utive"s hands. A general meeting' Was' the'ii j held, and Ellis" attended arid- explained tbe* pbsitio'ri. The motion given'above" Was carried. It" was allege- at the" same" tfigatiif* fl—ft- Ellis was. re'sporisible for" the"' nien Who Worked a troopship taking only half ari hour" for lunch. A further* rife'etiri" of the union haJs be'eri coriyeneel for'tri'morr'o'w (Wcdnqs'day) at prii; to ebrislde'r What a'ctidri the" executive should take in respect to Ellis-,; who' 7 will Be' pfeserit and 7 fight the" case. NOAKES"' SESTENCE. At- Wednesday's riieeting. a' riiofiori c'orfdemriing the seriterice? p_s'se"d ori' 0. ' Noakes, a watersider, for'_.- breach of the .War Kegulations Act, was dis'cusse'3, as it was" considered-tod drastic. A siiggestibri that a petition asking for the sentence to be eomriiute'd" srioiil- 'be taken roiirid the city for signature has been 7 drafted, pending' the' lo'dgmeril"-of an appeal' iri connection 7 therewith. . A notice posted in the watbrifiaeTs' rb'om- goes to show', that Janies- Campbell and William Serirle', two" m'emheTS of the' union, jhave been fined £l- each for accepting' work other th'ari- tffc" tKe •usual place appointed therefor.-