NEWS AND NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 10

NEWS AND NOTES.

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'■ : i0K : l ; TTNIONrMATvPEOTEST. : / Mr.vEi-Ci Jack, .Dominion Secretary-;ofjtfe., •' j:' :'.:: .■ ..Union, > ; told -a'; representative of 'this ■ S : '--;'v paper : :pit Saturday' that",the .union -was consider-!S]-i-< ;';ingVthVs'fluestion,.;of/taking'/a- -hand .'in the /: /;;^ ; /;' 6 ° ;mi«cE^ntere3t^n-ifi». Soulfi:'lsiana\2 ;£;£/?: ?r<^ ; v;; '■'■* s - '.'■il? subject ..has; not yet. assumed much ?, •■" ■'--. -, prominjihce in ? this : , part' of .the' country, it ■'■■i'-Ci-.-vVvJlW ■■beSwoU to state.briefly-,.tho. present posi, :':v.'■^•■ : ;';>;ti<>n;':;'v!ls : the';;resiilt.;of. l tlio sittings -of "a Con- : l.';;s' ;- : .ciliatioh:.Councllj,','ati .agreeineht:':*asVm'aaq'b'e-' v;>'>^-'rf--.*y r * eil »-Js!'e^South:.-Canterbury/,- Mill ..Owners' M : v---y.'/•union- arid the'.Wairaate Workers' Union; and -' ■ '•'■•'-■ : J? e M*^ a " clausejs;-of iagreenient provided 5..;-5 '■/;. that -the practice/.:bf, threshing' from'' the'stdok ;; : .,«;;:. shonld frbe'-: discontinued;YV.Subsequently, itlie .:;'•..■ '-/'Mi'l.-Owners'.niiohj;. influenced/iperhaps,' by ;V/,;./.sthe indignation'of.the'..farmers,/vrho»held that -/::'..'.;': .stock-threshing waa. in many cases economically : 't. .'. /.: advantageous to ''■: them, invited. the' workers -to •■;.• v.v l //Bend ;tMir; .To'presen'tativeS'Vto' a- fresh: sitting ;>;/:{■ !■'• of Council/ for the purpose'of tre'considering- the'/agreemerit.- The 'new pro%\i'y tod,-that,the'miU-owneTs '/:&/'/ .J^'l-submit, -.is that'" an : extra '.halfpenny a .5.: ;.:'::observea^;'for .threshing .from:,the .stook./.and-. Z v r:i;// T th . at /ibjlf - ; the ; : additional /'payment' thus'>re-' /;::: /shall, be handed on '-■/;v. : i'py vthei ß'to:their employees', rlf the proposal' -r- J'/T:■' 'tajfe ibojah sidesj' and duly .ratified ■-:i '/■ - -by,'tap i Council;'-.itOipiU?iprcsurii-the' Arbitration. Court-in ■ , stage, ; h/// : .'■.« ;^°V 'before,..the .Farmers' Union offi- ;•::;. j-.ciaily-.;:make:,its;protest.;/•'.:'/:.' •":-','-.■. ~;;.;:./: .'Mr.'.Jack : made' it '<■ clear tb'the.'rep'orteV-that ;<;'.//:: fromi?tneifarnimi-.p'o^t';df.Tiew;: : tW-Mw- : p'r'oposal, v s, combination of the- two .industrial unions to lmposo. a/.tax on" grain-fcrowers, : without consulting theni, *or :offering':them -anything in return.; v:.Xo;,putHit,in ; /a,n6ther.;way,':.jtv'.would bo an-:BCTMtnßnt. ; be^een J?»i-tebmd ' would •.-oe- ; ;.an;' .-injustice'-'to ./which" >' farmers-ought. not to/be asked - to; submit. ■'■': A'^:/Jacfc/saidYtbat .although ,'tho dispute r a ?, at r p , r . ?s ? nt , c ? nlinea,to Canterbury,.it was l>able:-to..«{and..Wf6re./next harvest to'South-' land,..wijereastqok4hreihinfeisJesp3ciallT useful ttu-eatened-J abuse was! not ?dealt - with conclu- , ft ?"s?* /opce, ;; .it .might/extend-later •, .-*?: '.bis.'.prTOMe,:and-; other parts' of th'e DoJ 1 minion* 'i,^'/.' : / ;;-X:-;-: : /;,';---v'!';'-.-*v;-.. :.■ '■ ■ ,: