TRADE DISPUTES ACT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 24 June 1912, Page 5

TRADE DISPUTES ACT.

DEPUTATION TO MR ASQUITH

8T CABLB -PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. LONDON, June 22. A deputation to Mr Asquith urged an alteration in the Trades Disputes Act in the direction of the abolition of the regulation for peaceful picketing. It urged the importance of financial guarantees for the carrying out of agreements. The repression of strikes by large federated trades like the tiansport workers by imprisonment of the leaders was suggested. Mr Asquith, amid numerous interjections, said that settlements by compromise led the Labor leaders to believe that they would get something out of every strike. Lord Furness had advocated compulsory arbitration, but he (Mr Asquith) was unfavorable to this, as neither side desired it. He was of opinion that responsible Labor lead-

ers were against intimidation. He promised to consider the question of the secret ballot before a strike.