ARBITRATION COURT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 13 May 1912, Page 7

ARBITRATION COURT.

AN AUCKLAND CASE

BY TELEGRAPH—PEESS ASSOCIATION

AUCKLAND, May 13. The Arbitration Court was occupied this morning with the case of the strike of the waterside workers on the steamer Paparoa in November, in respect of which the. Inspector of Awards claimed from the Union £200 for breach of the Arbitration Act.

The defence was that the Union was not responsible for whatever took place; that the action of two or three members could not be held to involve tbe Union as a body; that tbte meeting at which the matter was discussed had not been called in accordance with the rules; that there was no evidence that the union knew anything about the strike.

Mr Mays, counsel for the prosecution, submitted that the action taken In calling the meeting in question was an overt act, which indicated that the Union was aware of it. If the defence were sound, every time there was. going to be a strike a meeting preceding it would never be required. Judge Sin? said the Court would take time to consider its decision. He was satisfied there had been a strike. The question was whetheT tbe Union could be connected with it.