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Otago Witness, Issue 2840, 19 August 1908, Page 3

PUBLIC NOTICES. iiiuill mHE TABLE OF CONTENTS S^*^ ± of iliis Issue ivill be found ou Page 42 ; —^ BLACKBALL STRIKE PENALTIES. enforcement" in full. men's wagei" attached. (Feom Ova Own Correspondent.) GREYMOUTH, August 14. The last has not yet been heard of the now historic Blackball strike. Some two months ago an attempt was made to collect the £75 fine from the individual members of the union in accordance with the order of the Arbitration Court. A distress warrant was issued against the men, but after payment of the costs of the execution the fine was reduced by only £17 14s. Further proceedings in tho order were stopped, pending the appeal against the Arbitration Court' 6 order brought by the union in the Supreme Court, and afterwards removed into the Court of Appeal. About a fortnight ago the Appeal Court. gave its decision dismissing the x appeal against the union with costs. As a result of this the Crown solicitor (Mr Hannan) was instructed to proceed to collect the balance of the fine. Attachment orders have been issued against 69 members of the union, and were to-day, served at the Blackball Company's office. In consequence of this the company will have to keep in hand all wages over £2 per Aveek due to these men. Two weeks'* wages are due on to-day's pay, in some individual c^ses amounting to over £10. The company is summoned to appear at the Magistiate's Court on Monday next to -how cause "why it should not pay the sums attached to the inspector of awards to satisfy the fine. RAILWAY ADVERTISING. NO-LICENSE PARTY AND CONTRACTOR. The Waimate W.C.T.U. passed the following resolution at a meeting on "Wednesday — " That this union, having contracted for the display of no-license facts at certain railway stations, and having had its contract arbitrarily terminated by the advertising agent (at, as we believe, the desiie oi tlie Liquor party), laid the matter before the Prime Minister, who said he thought it was a matter for the people, and not for the contractor; that any section of tlie public should b© allowed to advertise at railway stations, and that he would bring the matter under the notice of the Mimstex* of Railways. The Minister has replied that under Mr Bamiield's contract ' It is entirely optional with him to accept or reject contracts, and the Railway Department cannot interfere.' We now stiongly protest against the continuation of a contract under which it is possible for the Liquor party to dietale to the jjLOple of New Zealand as to vi hat they &ij.Ui rc,td on their own Stato railway premise?, and we urge that ifc should be made impossible for the liquor dtaler>' fear of the publication of the facts about the results of no-license where tried in this Dominion to lead to the removal of advertisements of those facts from the State railway premises. Also, we deem it worthy only of comic opera, and almost unbelievable of a New Zealand Government, that it should be a breach, of the regulations to leave newspapers, magazine^, or. other literature in waiting rooms or station premises without first obtaining tho permission of the advertise •ing f nuliv.ctcr— a p"imission already t=s> lu-cd."' MAORIS A.\D LItROR. A NOVEL CASE. MARTON. August 15. At the Marton Court to-day, before Mr Stanford, S,M., a case of considerable inteiest as between European and Maori as to tho supply of liquor for consumption off licensed premises wa6 decided. An information was brought against! George Gibbs for supplying liquor to a Maori while in the tiain. The information was laid under section 46 of the Licensing Act Amendment Act. His Worship eaid he was not " concerned with the intention of the Legislature orf the spirit of the act. The words of the act were clearly exprespod, and by tu'ettH ho "was strictly bound. Therefore, a white man giving a Maoii drink was liable toa penalty of £50. He was driven to ihii conclusion, but he doubted if tlie Legislature intended it to be co. His Worship added that it nas a unique case, and he regarded it as a highly technical offence, of which the accused was entirely ignorant. As it vtas a test case, a fine of Is onljj without costs would be inflicted. The decision is to be appealed against..