AUCKLAND TRAMWAY STRSKE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16366, 3 March 1921, Page 2

AUCKLAND TRAMWAY STRSKE.

!*!»: Pri'? Association. 3 A! C KI.AXD. March -• 'll :: ;:on hroUidl! ljV till' rnspcetot’ , • . 11,c Auckland Train--1 iiu ... * i. in in-; :v penalty nf £"201.1 .. 1 .-il 1 —.! breach of tin 1 .about* In -ti- alien A, I. in connoci: . ii'n Llio -:n; on «< i' the trams durum ill.- • ri; -1-mo la«t year, was heard in iin * afo’i. Court before Mr Pnviunn. S AT. V. r Hunt appeared lor the- prosecution mid Mr Sullhan for the union, while Mr -Johnston wab’hrd t!io proceedings on behalf of the C iJv : ’ouncil. It was alleged that from June 3 till June 7. 1920.. or «m any of those days, the defendii.nl union incited and allotted }in unlawful strike or aided and abetted the continuance of an unlawful strike, or invited and instigated members of the union to' become parties to ait tin lav. nil strike. Air Hunt said a maximum penally o! CIOOO was provided. but the Department had adven instruction- that the claim should be for £2-~0 only, to indicate that the notion v as brought merely to rindieate the law. Joseph Jell ll AYaiklaie, genergj. manager of the Auckland tramways, said that at the time of the trouble the union was working under an agreement with the City Council, by which the manning of special cars for races was .provided lor. Xo notification of the intention of the men to cease work on June 3 had been given. Counsel for the union applied for a nonsuit on ’the grounds that the evidence had not shown that a majority of the union incited or instigated an unlawful strike, and, further, that no officer of the union had done so. The''Magistrate noted the application. Alexander Barnes, secretary to the union, and president at the time of the stoppage, said that after Air AVaiklatp had interviewed the men they prepared to take the special ears out. but a message came from the traffic manager that specials were not required. Witness advised the men to return for'the afternoon shift. The union had made every effort to run the normal service. Cross-examined, witness said he went to the barn that morning because ho know a notice had been posted relating to race, traffic:. There had lw?en no meeting of the executive. TTc believed that the notice was signed by the secretary of the union. The text of 'the notice was a telegram from the Advisory Board in "Wellington declaring race traffic c: black.” Tn ordinary circumstances witness would not refuse to take out a rare special. The union did not declare the traffic IC black.” •lames .Roberts. secretary to tlie Transport "Workers’ Advisory Board, said he was not in A\>llingtoit at the time of the dispute, and bad not personalb’ sent the telegram.

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