SEDITIOUS STRIKE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17533, 17 July 1917, Page 6

SEDITIOUS STRIKE.

[Per Pr-ess Association.]

WELLINGTON, July Eicht firemen named Anscombi ';' Green, Hand, Matthews, Majov--M'Lean, Sime and Titshall, were convicted bv Mr Riddell, S.M., on a charp of participating in a seditious strike .by refusing to sign on a special service' col--Hot- at Wellington. " ,; ~.. . J.c Tho Magistrate considered that complaints about food and the conduct, Of t a. steward were partly supported, butv the cook and captain also were tO---blame, the Tatter because he tailed .to inquire into the men's, Although the men's actum, probably was not illegal under the IndustrialConciliation and Arbitration Act, tho Magistrate considered that a convw-> tion must be entered under tho \V*Hregulation. Matthews as the prime-; mover, was fined £6 and the others £2«< each The Magistrate refused to allow exnenses for the captain as ■%«% was partly to blame. v^; ;