A STRIKE PROSECUTION.
AUCKLAND, April 10. Judgment was given by Mr. Kot>tle S.M.j,this morning, in the case brought against the- Waterside Workers' ■ Union by -the Labour Department, claiminig £200 for a breach of 'Jhe Arbitration Act, for inciting a strike of wharf laborers on November 21st, when a number of men refused *o handle superphosphates for less than Is 6d an hour. The question was raised as affecting tfois case and the case against the Labourers' Union to follow, whether the, actions of the officials bound the union in 'the case of a strike, it being contended 'that the meeting of the union at which the strike was resol ved up/in, was not a legal meeting" as it had not been convened in accordance with the rules. The Magistrate had no hesitation in deciding that ithere was a strike. He agreed that ther© was a difficulty in settling the o'her point and decided to remove 'the question to the Arbitration Court direct' together with the question of costs.
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Grey River Argus, 11 April 1912, Page 3
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168A STRIKE PROSECUTION. Grey River Argus, 11 April 1912, Page 3
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