Detective Visits Two Secretaries of Unions Which Publish Papers

Wanganui Chronicle, 30 April 1949, Page 5

Detective Visits Two Secretaries of Unions Which Publish Papers

WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA. —Visits have been paid by a.detective to two national trade union secretaries, whose union journals recently published certain articles about the Court of Arbitration and the Railways Tribunal. Mr T. Hill, secretary of the Now Zealand Waterside Workers’ Umcn, confirmed a report that a detective called on him this week to ask o;. tions about an article in the late t issue of the “New Zealand Transpo”t Work,” the journal of the Water: : de Workers’ Union. The article cl •' I with the wage case recently before the Court. “As it happened,” said Mr H n . “our president, Mr. H. Barnes, and the president of the Gisborne bran , Mr Lindley, wore both present c - ing the detective’s visit. The deb ■- tivo was very courteous.” Mr. Hill said he understood a detective had also visited the printer of the “Transport Worker,” who h printer of the official weekly rev jpapcr df the Labour Party. The general secretary of the R, 'lway Tradesmen's Association, Mr b. T Gobble was visited by a dele* ‘ The visit followed publication in . 1 association' journal of critic:.'.' the decision of the Railways’ In: trial Tribunal on the railway w <•» rates. Mr Gebbie said tonight hr L 1 no comment, to make to the Australian Rugby Tour.—Arran • ment of an itinerary for the Au . ’• ian Rugby tour of Now Zealand t. » season was placed in the hand < a sub-committee at a meeting of a Management Committee of the ? ■ v Zealand Rugby Union ? <• terday. T e committee consists of Messrs L. V. Carmine, A. A. Baker and T. C. Morrison. If possible the committee i to have the proposed itinerary ready for the annual meeting of the union on Thursday next.—(P.A.).