LAW AGAINST STRIKING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13673, 11 April 1908, Page 5

LAW AGAINST STRIKING.

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-"*■ ; Per Press „v ~- f s , WELLINJGTdN, A^pril !&'* .-B^t request of the New Zeaiund Emrjaojtett? federation, Mr C. P-. Skerrett* K.C., has given an opinion on sec^aoa 1& ef the Industrial Conciliation Act. J.He ; $aya : - * l Tbe: section images vit . an ,f#eM^«mrif if&mw~W*^mg® propose a strike, strike, (3) take ;p»rt ! in a strike^-; -(i) , aid or abet a strike of a moVeflieijt^nrtmtfed to prOfd,*ice a strike. A strike continue^ ac continues, and a strike is said to end v tttemn^n^Ve^esunW"f brk. c J^ ' the ordinary sense a strike^^ a ooni " tinuing ' act. It aeema. cleairwiat; thii rjuvgisiavure was aware it was using- ?n© in.' this^ sense* %6^u# in a s^riK^l6clkoul^Tei»rea to as 'taking place.' " % ..^he^JEsM^^haAcßjQispaaal^ai^y^^ded for the continuance of the stfike does Wotfin Mr 'Skerrett ?^ > ppjjdon, Sfectitho totttter. The/fine' ifnboseU-is thvpun^lment for the acjß;6f 4 striMnfi, bit takiibff parif *fff«a §trik^; ojc locto^ is llso plin^ isHable/ The .offende^ gannott be pun« ' ish<aja- .'twice for' the. 4anie^ act J4>ut . liie fact 'that one fine c^afi bef imposed., ji^respect of the aA^ strikiA cannoi ; prevent that which iojloiws : rom ;the act of. striking— tfrat isiifit, stri ;e— from i>eing a .continuing things* MrSSkerrett .considers the suggestion.^?is v: founded that the ; act .of . aiding <«r «sbetl ngj must be previous to the 'str-i^fr'to ft punfcb> able. He is or^ opinion tha unions^ rpassrng' a resohitiefe- <«t(^6ura :ing*the continuance of a^«<rike^knd [onating ftinda'in 4 zi&'tif msik*%,r<} \ iabld %o priiilshtnent. ' Bri addf 'Slit, in : ds«pjnittn, neither T me V*^r^ "i: dustrial ■union 1 " 10H*htfy *W&tej&r &«§ in seo- ; . tiqit.. ls^ jit^ limited w^o^be- i irtitottlN* t^de ibr caElng^ 9WPu the a rike 1»« ~. \cx-c - . • - r