COASTAL SEAMEN'S TROUBLE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 6 October 1917, Page 6

COASTAL SEAMEN'S TROUBLE.

APPLICATION. TO ARBITRATION COURT BY INSPECTOR OF AWARDS. (Unitto Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 5The Inspector of Awards has filed an application for an interpretation by the Arbitration Court of certain clauses in the seamen's industrial agreement. Ar rangements are" being made for an early hearing.

RESOLUTION BY NELSON CITV COUNCIL. I

At the meeting of the Nelson Citv ■Council last evening 'Cr. Carlisle asked and was 5 granted permission to move without notice the following motion: "That in view of the inconvenience and cost this district is being put to by tfef> steamer strike, this Council urges upon the Government the necessity to stand firm in its resolve to compel the seamer> of the coastal steamers to lesume -work, and that this Council pledges _ all th<? moral and physical support at its coed maud to the 'Government in enforcing an early setlement of the strike." Speaking to the motion, Cr. 'Carlisle | ■aid a great deal of inconvenience was 1 being caused by the strike. He Jiacalways sympathised with Labour, a? he was a working man himself; but this was not the time to strike. He had no hesitation in saying that hp would turn out every member of Parliament who would not give Labour a square deal at the proper time, but equally he would compel the men to go back to work now. He repeated that at a time like the present men should not strike. Cr. Hampson seconded, ar>d saia tnat as a community, they were verv hard bit bv the strike. The Counci" should bring all the pressure possible on th e Government to secure a resumption of the steamers. The business com munity was being put to a very great inconvenience. ■Cr? Gibbons said he represented no labour class in that Council, and agreed that this was no time to strike. But the resolution --did. not go far enough Thev siiould know what the men were striking for. They had to thank the Government for a lot of the unrest isting. Look at the price of meat and butter. The Government had provesE quite incompetent to deal with mduf trial strife, and should be put out. Alumcipal bodies should ask the Governjnen to bring down th e prices of meat ana hutter. Where was the butter stored. Who was making the money out of it If the Government would deal with matter a lot of the unrest would cease The motion was carried' unanimously, copies to be sent to the Premier and the members for Nelson and Motueka.