NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 4

NEW SOUTH WALES PREMIER

i-Tp :NEW.;ZEALAND:\ v%ij :-,-..fflyj Telekraph.^ress i JAe36clatlbn.y ; a:.: ' "'■■'■■:'' ''■;'. ■■■'■.■ -::. January. 3.'- i> ■■'Mr. : -Wade,..'Premier South' Wales, arrived'iin : Auctlarid'•'yesterday.'- X .. ;Interviewea ( .;;he', : explained ithe'/provi-' sions.of the i. new-strike''law .■.iust.-Vput through the "State. Assembly'.":'•'A ~ :of ■. the ; . wprkersj ■he ■.- says,. persistently reV fused /. to.-!, observe': (the j 'conditions ■■ of V. the: Industrial .'Disjju^es, -Act, Vand" have en--deavbured to: assert the ■ supremacy of ; the' iuhionsover the; State law. npv ;heavals,during, the: last Hwo years were' , engineered. by. a few"..'men.'with :.,fluent' ■ tongues.. -When;.the- : .Newcastle' strike oc-v curred, the■ Government (decided : that: some.,more ;..s.tringent:method : 'must "be: adopted -to prevent a' few: loud-tongned .agitators laying .the .whole couhtry.by the I ears just ,to satisfy. their: personal vanity;." ■It-was, '-therefore;!.,decided tbj'makfli the; punishment for. instigating a strike; nibre' severe. v.Any.'perspn so■' instigating-*Vaiajv now ..be', summarily ' sentenced' to ,tweive : months' imprisonment, without tb.e Pi)tibn. o{ ft,fine!7,The:provision's to the;.main body'of .strikers has .been left as'i'it',is felt'that in most, cases, they:are : ; niore''sinned against tiian : . ! -"sinhin&,:. are swayed by the:dcclaniations of agita- , tors. : . It is.now: impossible to' hold:strikolneotihgs; a union deciding ;on a strike miist do so-.by', , )ecorot''ballot;-.Therefore; there is no longer need for the men' to ; fear being, called "scab* , ?, if the ivbting is. :against a strike. , .: :; : r :■'; ; -' : ..'.'■-."■■ ■ The damage ; to New.South Wales, >: Mr.' Wade says, is incalcnlable. :It ■ wilL.bo years; "Newcastle"regains- its over.seas .trade.: .Even when .the strike ends it is doubtful.'if the ■ mines'canv'afford 'to : againemplby the : full number of miners.'-■-.:-Mr; ".Wade's.-.'Visit :to: New Zealand- is Snnoipally: a health-seeking: tour/v but e will_ inquire: regarering more important legislation/ including licensing, racing,, and:, closer , settlement- laws. Hβ ■ wants-'to see -for, himself the results'of prohibition iri ; the prohibited areas; also; to inquire as to working of the totalisator, and: whether,the: progressive" land tax is assisting: to!.burst up largo:' estates. /, ■ '::,'" ■•'■: 'Vv :: ""'.:':i ; . ■'■'■■ ■•.-"■