THE SHEARING AWARD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10571, 28 September 1910, Page 2

THE SHEARING AWARD.

THE DEFINITION OF A STRIKE

By Telegraph

(Special to the Mail.), ■Wellington, September 2,. Mr G. W. Russell has placed on the Order Paper a question addressed to t e Prime Minister drawing attention to the shearers' award in regard to the prevention of persons from work.ngunder the | award. The Court, says Mr. Russell, has inserted a clause tor the purpose. «t makin" it penal for the union or an\ Zmhev thereof to attempt tq prevent workers from accepting work at tie rates fixed bv the award, {'iider the i ciauso the iimon or any member thereof acting in the way , prohibited wil bo guilty of a breach of the award and vi.ll be liable to a penalty ... respect the eof in addition to any penalty that mas he incurred under section 11" ot tiie Act Will the Prime Minister, he asks, obtain t e advice of the Crown. Law Officers as to whether this extension ot the definition of a strike is ni ance with the law, and, it not will he hrin"- down the necessary legislation to de- the matter and prevent the Situation Court from extending the to v establishing dangerous precedents 'which will tend to sap the e.ntne fabric of our Labor legislation i