NEW DRIVER'S UNION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 6

NEW DRIVER'S UNION.

FORMED IN PALMERSTON. (By Tolcsraph.-Sjccial Correspondent.) Palincrston NortJi, j)ccomlier />. The local drivers held :m enthusiastic meeting on Thursday night to consider tl\o proposal to hrenl: away from the parent union in Wellington, which is iiov.* on strike. It was liuanimou.-i----ly resolved that Ihoso present form a new union, to register under tlio Arbitration Act, and that immediate application he mado for registration: Tlio olfieers elected were: —{'resident, Mr. \V. Ilollicr; vice-presidents, .Messrs. J. Clalliehan, W. M'Veigli, it. M'Cormick; committee, Messrs W. J. Mills, A. .1. Mills, A. .J. Smith, H. lirooks, J.. W. Oolrlottgli; secretary and treasurer, Mr. L. Lambert.

recently bri'ii working as a tram conductor in Auckland. Tho Surprise. The Decision of tlic Court was that llarker slmukl undertake to keep ilio peace for twelve months by providing « fcon<J °f £-300 and finding two sureties of CfrfH) each. Sir. O'Kegan (obviously surprised at the amounts stipulated) said that ho was ai raid that it would be impcssiijlo - for Darker to Jiikl such lieav.v sureties. Barker was only connected with the I.W.W. for throu months, and was not now associated with it. Counsel sucgested that tho su/eties should he £'23U each, and said that he did not think that- he could have Slot Marker to consent to bo hound'over if the.v lfad thought of stick lieav.v demands. The Magistrate: I have aiothing to say. -Mr. O'Rcgan : } cry well. Mr. Ostler: I withdraw the charge of sedition. YOUNG SENT UP FOR TEIAL, SPEECH AT THE HA SIX. V» iiiiam 'I homas Voting was charged with having used seditious words, as follow, at the Basin lleserve on Sunday, October 20' ' ".I want to .say this, that if the police force of this country are going to ho utilised—l know the individual police don't want to ho used for the, purpose—but if the authorities of the country are going to use them to suppress tho working class, 1 will ■undertake—wo will undertake—to mass in this cilv of Wellington 10,000 or 15,000 alined men. If a police constable uses his baton to you, .give him one hack, and make it a double-header; if ono won't do. If wo have got to fight the police force and the military, it has got to bo don© in style and effectually. It is a ver.v casv matter, indeed. Thero are 10,000 or 13,000 men in support of you, and to protect you against- tho baton of tho

police authorities. If the employers are not prepared to act in a conciliatory spirit, and,if tliey put 011 'scabs' to work cargo, there will not bo a_ wharf for 'scabs' to work on. . Don/t you he afraid of them. If I h;ivc, to go to incite thn multitudo I will incite them and in a proper maitiier." Tho first witness called was Charles Redman, reporter on tho'stalf of the "New Zealand Times." Ho stated that ho had heard Young use tho words in a speech delivered from tlse band rotunda in the Basin Reserve on Sunday, Octobor 28. ' . ' William Harcus Dimmer, chief reporter of- Tub Dominion,' and Leo Stephen Fanning, of the editorial staff of the "Evening Post," also stated that the words in the charge had been used by Young. John Breen, a shipping clerk, stated that ho had been sent to assist, in unloading bananas from tho Xavua 011 Oe--1 tolior 24. Tho vessel was rushed and hoarded by a mob, somo of w'hom were armed with fruit-case batons, and who called on tho workers to came out of tlio hold. Work had to be stopped. Witness was struck on the head with -a bottle. Arthur Hardy Etching, shipping clerk, deposed that workers' at tire steamer Defender were interfered with on October 25. Witness himself was attacked by <i mob, and received several nasty blows before ho was assisted !>v the police. Mr, Wilford objected to tho. evidence of Messrs. Broon and Hatching on the ground that it was irrelevant. The Coming Line of Defence. After yping handed a sheet of paper by Mr. Wilford, Young said; "J desire tn say that I do not admit that this Court has jurisdiction to try mo on this charge." Y-oniif! pleaded not guilty, and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail was fixed at £100, with 0110 surety of £100. EDITOR OF '"WORKER;!' CHARGE OP SEDITIOUS' WORDS,

Tho following- alleged seditious language was alleged against Henry Edmund lloUniid, who spoke at tho Basin Keservo on Sunday, October 26:— "Tho watcrsido agreement was broken when tho men were obliged . to take a day off ; when Sir. Liverpool—Lord ■ Liverpool—the- gilded popinjay, -tho ligure-hcad of capitalism in Sew Zealand landed hero; and tho same thing occurred when Sir Joseph Ward's Dreadnought called, 1 remind them (meaning the police) of words used by ino at. Broken Hill in Australia, tho occasion when I was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on a charge of sedition. I told the miners: 'If they hit you. with a baton, hit them with a pick-handle, and have something at tho end of it.' Hero is your opportunity, you John Hops . (meaning the police). They (tho limployers) want to fiivo you a miserable eight bob a day, and tho soul and clothes of a slave,_ and want you to seal, on Labour.", The Newtown park Speeds, Holland was also charged with having used seditious words in making tho following speech at Nowiown Park oil November — "Wellington has seen what is unique in "Australasia. You havo - a Catling gim on the wharf to-day, and there is one ou the turrot of the Post Oiliee, they tell us. When Massey's Cossacks conic down upon us—l was going to say 'men,' Wit 1 don't want to he guilty of libel: • The 2000 men offering in tlve AYnikalo are heroes, bees use they will come fully armed, provided .Mr. Massev gives them lull protection. If free labourers are put on, they will work with a revolver ill their belts and a bludgeon alongside them, and anyone who attempts to interfere with them call ho shot by them. 1 urge 1 Ho isavals present (meaning the sailors from His Ma- • ieslv's ship Psyche that is lying ill the"port of Wellington aforesaid), when they are ordered to shoot to remember where their class interests lie, and to point their guns accordingly. The railwiiyiiien should not carry free labourers. Let the trains rot and rust. 'J ho strike was not made by tho working eiass, hut by the master class, who are 'ionriiii; their armed hundreds snlo Wellington, not in tho daylight, but like thieves in tho lijglil, coining utterly ashamed oi the work they are undertaking. They sneak in 'in the midnight hours, hut old grey-haired women come out on the balconies and jeer at them as they pass. The railwaynien have said they are prepared to stop the trains; the drivers can stop the carts and the seamen the ships. Uniformed police can ilea! a staggering blow by touring oil ti:ei< uniforms, and standing with the watersidrrs. AYe are going to win, and, hv Cod. we are going to do it no matter what means we are going to use." Respecting-the speech at the Basin Reserve, Leo Stephen Fanning, of the editorial staff of the "livening Post," deposed that he had heard Holland use. the words complained of, and had reported the.speech for the "Post," i)cteetive-Sergea i!t Hawle also stated that he was present when Holland spoke, and that tho report in tho "Post" was correct. Arthur Vincent O'Brien, of Tm: Dominion, gH\\> evidence to the ciiVcfc that he had reported Holland's speech in Newtown Park on November -, and that the account which appeared in

The Dominion (from which report tho 'charge was framed.) was-lair ;.uid at> Detective-Sergeant 1-iawle and Detective Lewis st.ited that Tun Dojunios had given a fair report of Holland's speech, Committed for Trial, Evidence was then milled as to tho state of a/l'-jins existing at about Uus time of tho speech. to I'iiis evidence , Sir. Wilford iormail.v objected. When asked whotlier lie had anything to say, l.ioil,liid replied; "1 wish to Kay that 1 don't admit that this Court has any jurisdiction to try me- on "this charge." The magistrate: Which' Court do you Holland: This Court. Tho magistrate: This Court does not try you. - j\lr. Wilfod: Defendant has a right 1$ say what, ho thinks lit. It is dime for a particular purpose in a particular way. To each (•harge Jlollamt pleaded not guilty, and lie was committed to tho iiupieine Court for trial. .Mr. Wilford :1 ask jour Worship to fix bail. The magistrate: Bail on tho first -charge £-2 : )0, with two sureties of. .€250 cadi, Bail on the second charge in -accused's own recognisance of £100.