BLACKBALL STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 7

BLACKBALL STRIKE.

. ♦r—7/ COLLECTING OF FINES. . '['THE GOVERNMENT'S PROCEDURE. " ' ORDER. AGAINST MEMBERS. V . . t f»X.. rELEGRAm.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Aprif 26. , Asked to-day to state the latest positiou '. with to the Blackball strikers, Dr. FihdlayjAttorney-Goncral,. said t.at pror coedings against tho Union by warrant of distress ..had resulted in the warrant boing Returned nulla bono by tho bailiff, the Union having been found to have no funds to satisfy tho distress under paragraph G .of Section 101 of tho .Conciliation and Arbi : tration y\.ct. Tho Minister pointed out that an> application in - such a caso must bo made to.'the Arbitration Court or tho - President thereof "for ■an order directed' against tho membors of the Union It pay tho lino, tho liability" of each member being limited, to £10." TTiiti application'must be made upon notico being'given to tlio nienibers of tho Union" Notifying them of.tbo intention to apply for tho order in question. Thoplaco and date must also be notified. > • ■ t r.'U. understand,": Dr. Findlay, ' that tho matter has been pushed forward ■Ay : the Crown Solicitor'at Greymouth, and r that notices have been- served on tho Union mombers. The application will, I am informed,: bo heard .by. Mr: • Justice Sim in ... Auckland,;this- week.- ' Should'he mak6 an - order it will then be filed in the Magistrate's' Court at Grdymouth/ and will Jiavo tho effect • of n : judgment, of' that'.lGourt;, • The sanie proceedings .would follow such an order as < if .it was a judgment ;of . tho. Court in question. The procedure has to be strictly fol-. lowed; ' 4 and necessarily, as will bo soen, this involves some delay.".