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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13273, 30 April 1907, Page 5

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THE COAL-LUMPERS STRIKE. United Press Association—Per Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. . . SYDNEY, April 23. The 'Steam" Collier Owners and Stevedores Association has issued twenty summonses against members'-"of. the Goal-lum-pers' Union, for alleged breaches of the Arbitration award. / THE CONCILIATION 7 BOARD. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON.' April 29. The.. Conciliation Board, sat to-day to hear the -dispute in. the timber-workers' trade. . During the proceedings Mr Greenfield, secretary of; the Employers' Association, asked tlio chairman whether the Andrew Collin's i wliO;-had signed the application for t the reference of the dispute to the Bpai'd in tlie capacity of secretary to the timber-workers' union was the man of that name who occupied a seat on the Board. • _ . Tlie- chairman replied in the • affirmative. Mr- Greenfeil thereupon, expressed the opinion that; it. was contrary to custom, and hardly compatible with justice, that a man. shotiid Occupy a judicial--'-position and aif-ths: same time act as secretary to employee's; As -secretary of the timberW'orkers' union. Mr Gollins could not in this dispute fee other than a partisan. Mr'' Collins - asserted that he had taken no part in the drawing up' of the claims. He' was an honorary officer , of the union; and drew no salary. There wa.s' nothing in the Act to stop him sitting- as a member of the Board; . The representative of the union said that Mr Collins had nothing to do with the men's claims. His signature to the application for hearing the dispute was required bv the rules of the union and the. Act. .- The chairman said that, the matter was one for the-, Legislature, to deal with. SLOW IN PAYING UP. CHRISTCHURCH, April- 29 % Trouble is- being experienced by ' the officers of 'the Government in, collecting the fines . imposed' by the .Arbitration Count on the slaughtermen who went out on strike recently at the Islington and Parec-ra freezing works. A fair number of the men nave paid up, but some of them decline to pay or to make what do considered a. reasonable effort to meet the fines by instalments. Every effort has been made to have, matters satisfactorily settled, but in a, minority of the cases without avail so far. It is, therefore, veiy probable that at the next of the Supreme' Court at Timaru and. Christcliurck the defaulters will be cited to before the court to show cause why a writ, of attachment should not be issued' against them.