TRAM STRIKE PROSECUTIONS.
LOWEST PENALTY TO BE SUED FOH, A little more information concerning the prosecution of the Tramways Union in respect, of the reccut strike was given to a Dominion reporter by an officer of Ilia Labour Department yesterday, The. prosecution will Ire under Section G of the.Acl, under which n worker is liable to a line of JL'IO, anil an employer or mi industrial union to a line of i2OO. 'Die clause in the Act, which was evidently framed to meet such n case is .Section !), which pruvides special pennltios for strikes and lock-outs in certain, specified industries, one of which is: "The working of any ferry, tramway, or railway used for the public carriage of goods or passengers, ' Under this section the men would hnvo been severally liable to fines of JE23 each, and the union to a penalty of .£soo', and both union and men would still have been liable under Section 6 to further linos of .CIO or .£2OO. No data has yet been fixed for th» hearing of the case.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 4
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176TRAM STRIKE PROSECUTIONS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1386, 12 March 1912, Page 4
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