THE PENALTIES FOR STRIKING.
•Sir,—There is sonic tall; amongst the tramway men I hut; Sir J. Ward said tho full penalty of (he law would not be brought into force if an agreement w;is come to. 1 ha.i:liy think that. Sir Joseph Ward woild lay himself open to (lie! men's talk and I hardly think that lio bargained in a matter of thin kind. In looking over the. Act and the covering clauses it seems to .stale that the minimum fine for traniw.iyinen is .00 nud the uiadimim £»:>. Could you stale ii my rea ling' is right, and. if it is, you tan easily see why Mr. Atkinson sta't.-d. that it was requested by tho union, and then desired by the officer. All the men's committoc having signed this, clearly points out: that they can be fined now a< well as (he union, so it will be. interesting to see if the law of the land will be carried out. If my surmise is incerrect, kindly add a footnote correct ing" !»'••-',. am, etc.. W. ELDER. Wellington, February 8. [The maximum fine is .C 23 for individu..' als.J
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1360, 10 February 1912, Page 3
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