WATERSIDERS AT LAW.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2112, 1 April 1914, Page 11

WATERSIDERS AT LAW.

EX-SECRETAR\'S EFFORT FAILS

t Last Thursday. af ; te;rkoq-n '.Ui . B. 'Q'. A. Cooper hetvrd a efts:?. aris%.«vit of : events . following t?i.e. .stril*...- , oh" ikewaterfront. ■ Cieorge- Sa%n3,. joiiictime secretary of the. o:Id; WatejisMs ■ Workers' Unioft; (whidr weiit en-'strtfeij), sued Charles. Alports Purdey, s:eci;Marjf of the Wcllihgtqri (Arbitration) BiieV .ftr'.the.'siim' $: £3 as wages for certain ; Tvorli elleaicl. to ha\'e been done, by ljim ■ (ffriaid.f to ; acoordance with;, the'. falfeiVing .icsqbxtion carried, at a .nibetiiig 1 &i tU nnm held-on February ?.)asl>-7 7 .'.' ks t. i r.'ffl'pt -a.,cojlhnittepi- ..consistihe of. r-.'tlie- secretary,|M.^.Piirao.y),;M.r. ■ Geo. Bruce, ancl. ; ,tfi6 ttiovoh-<Mr. " ,-,,&ep. Farland) T?:e k-.. quiro. andrep6Tliand;:niai i esire.tiipni-' J ■ mendations tea ntcefing'tdW^iih- , '< . held to.■decide Sfe'tt *h.d/'' : .;ther, and to what Jher£li as : " ; ~ been due observaneo , iy tho eiiiploy- • . .ers;.-of the; tctmtf oj any agjPoemcnt ■ ■relating to aii;y eai>loyn.ient on tho . waterfront. Fji-rtfe. llwt' they U given crcdentliils wfot flte sett] of ,tho -juuon and femnn.emtibh at- . .wharf rates." .:" '• -'■ .... : -~ i ■ A * the liearing. Mf! f. J, O^egan-^iv pcaretl for. the pfei.wtanV .ftndxMr. H- t ■ von Haast for the defendant. ■'■ '.i ' Tho facts relating to "the resolution woro .that the execuiivp of Mife new union refused, for cortajn :r6as6n.Si to ■recognise it as vsM, autfihat thewfare they refused to, WOg.jtiso:. Eaflmidfr claim. Mr. Von Haast moved for .&- non» suit on the ground (Vt TJiat ilte' tar,v. ot. tho union cauld itot- ha -leßnilar sued, and that, if .Fadand had tt ■ctaise of ■action, it.was.ag(S.i.nst tjio uiiio.ii; ® that l'arland could n<it sue, ljflcaiise ho had _ not carried out pi:o terms ol tho resolution; (3) that tariniid. ebrtld not suo the union bcfiailso he had .-.-lie ■• owntract with it.- . 'i '. ; ' -. Mr. Cooper,. S-Jt, fefkferod reserved judgment ■ yestenlny afte.f.iiooh. Tho Magistrate sustaiwed, the tef itd points raised by Mr, S m i noa-suited the pinint.il? - Farfand with costs, £5 17s. • :■