BLACKBALL MINERS’ UNION
STRIKE PROSECUTION FAIE3. Press Association. . GRETMOUTH, April 2, Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., gave lengthy reserved, judgment in the case of the Inspector of Awards v. the Blackball Coal Miners’ Union, a claim to recover £2OO penalty with respect to each of two strikes in January and February last. At the hearing in February the facts in regard to the strike were admitted, but technical points were raised by Mr P. J. O’Regan, for the defendant, that the agreement under the Act was not binding, in that the dating of such agreement made it for a period of three years arid ten days, whereas the Act provides for a maximum of three years. The magistrate upheld this contention, and gave judgment for defendants. He regretted having to do so, as the defence had no merit in fact.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9625, 3 April 1917, Page 4
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