THE COLLETT CASE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1464, 12 June 1912, Page 4

THE COLLETT CASE.

;:feUMbN(::SECEETAETt:FINED|j;2O. ; ; r ■i??,;'(JJy,i.'Telegraph.—Press Association.} , ',;\ 'M\}\''~' : "-t.-U-y i ;"■>■"' Auckland;. June H. "'' ■'■■'judgment was given this morning'at the ■Magistrate's' Court: i*n the tease brought ;by the Labour Department against James Collet!;. , (secretary, of the Waterside Work'ers'.iUnion), for «£2OO penalty, for aiding '■and\abetting a strike on. November 22, in ■respect- to: -unloading"?, cargo on tho Pα:paroa.,:'Mrf Schvyn Mays appeared for tho Inspector of Awards, and .Mr.. B. i. Way represented: tlio defendant;:, , .'■ if.Mr;'. ; ,C;'. C; - : Kettle,, 5.M.,: wncwed the leading .-points-of the case,'and said he : had ; already held there, had. been a strike owing to combined ■ abstension. of. the men in." order'to inflnenco conditions of their 'employment.' .When tho case was brought a°ainstUhe..iinion'-the'' Arbitration Court had ■ also-'held-there had been, a strike. Mr.'-Collett (secretary of;'the Auckland Waterside ■>Workers'..Union) ' was now 'charged with having aid«<l and abetted a ■strike..■'■.The , 'action was , under. Seatipn _(i of tho ;,, lndustrial ■ Conciliation and A-rbi-:tiation'Act.of49oß, which provided that every..-"porson":-who-"incites, instigates, 'aidspcV abets" an unlawful strike should bo licible to.'a penalty, of .£2OO. Mr. Ket-■tle,.'quotcd'i'-tlic''.'case:'.of;:the Queen v. Coriev'to show-ithat'.'-incTe.presence- did not--constitute-."aidini; and.abetting,' but that something must bo done- by gesture orj conduct-'to'show that in some way the person;"eneouraged"* , /.what ■:"had. taken : thtift ptinciplo'- to - tho , firesent ? ;casa-Mr..'Kettle said he -was-,.0f opinioirthat'it .was overwhelmingly es'tablislied. .theU-Mr.-'-'-CpMt did aid and '■tibct the.'fi:nieri;in tlscir strik«.'.-/Mr. Way ■ hadicontonded'thatilCollelt.-as-'a' wnlor:»ide"'workerj" was only.li<iblo.to ; n .penalty of -ilO, :,,buf:his:.<jwn • opinion,- was . that C'o!lett-,'.was\ liabie':: of..oE2oal"as'.he. f .hadbe?uncting;as eeefciai'y -fof-'sovniv Urae.'and'was not holding himwlf.'.'for.-' hire.: , as .a-'worktr-'ou the wlwrf.^ : 'Fortimately. foriCollctt the strike ■ was.ofshort'duration,..'ns Messrs. Nearins andiCov^wheii:.tho, pistoU.was. neld to ■ thoffihWd) terms denia.ndod, J bo' imposed. Costsi-would-' bo.'allow'cd. .■■.-■'■ : - ; ;; ■'■ ~'.,■■ '■'■■■Mr?' Way gave formal;notice, of. appeal. :,.'Mr. -Kettle:v.'.'lr....hopo> , you. will' take 1 it to;tUe..-:Arbitration;Court,'aiid I shall bo to ; ",givo.; every ~ for 1 doing' f so;''' ■.■ ::, : ; sW:S.^:;';V;;;-;iW;;]: , i l :^s--