THE SHEARERS' DISPUTE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10509, 18 July 1910, Page 2

THE SHEARERS' DISPUTE.

(Per Pkess Association.) Wellington, July 17. A dispute lias arisen between the Wellington Shearers Union on the one hand and the employers of the New. Zealand Farmers Union and the Hawkes Bav Sheep Owners Union on the other. The dispute relates to the rates of pay and hours of labour for shearers and shed hands throughout the Wellington industrial district. Tho list of employers includes some two thousand farmers. The dispute will come before the Conciliation Council shortly

Christchurch, July 17. A meeting convened by representatives of organised labor was held m C'atlicdral Square this afternoon to protest against the attitude of Mr Justice Sim in" the shearers' case. The speakers were Messrs A. D. Hart, F. R. Cook,, A. Patterson. J. Campbell, and L. R. Wilson. All made- strong statements imputing unfairness awl prejudice on the part" of tin. President of the Court, and alleging that he pre-judged the shearers' case. The following motion was carried unanimously: "That this meeting expresses its indignation fnd protest against the extraordinary action or Mr Justice Sims in the recent shearers dispute before the Arbitration Court, and views with serious alarm his coercive attitude to the union, also his prejudging the case, from the press reports and° also his most insulting references to the shearers' representative.-' Mr Hart, who presided, and other speakers emphatically domed that the Shearers' Union had anything to do with promoting the meeting.