JOCKEYS' DISPUTE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 178, 23 April 1920, Page 8

JOCKEYS' DISPUTE

A SPLIT IN THE ASSOCIATION ' THIRTY RESIGNATIONS v REPORTED i ' By Telegraph-Special Correspondent. .;:•-.■;.'■ i:, Palmerston North, April 22! v At the Manawatu races to-day a meeting.pf the jockeys was held, and fully 30 '-. members decided to resign from the ' Jockeys' Association, becauso (it is stated) the executive had allied tho association ■'■■'■■' with the waterside workers. The resigning, members uto reported to have found ; 'fault-with' the militant attitude of the ; executive. The ' probabilities are that - there will bo more resignations in a day ' or tw0..... ! ,HOW THE ASSOCIAfiON TAKES THE NEWS ; ■ "■'.'.-■ /'i ■ -—: '. -/. By Telecraph—Press'Association. Auckland, April 22. EeTerriuK to-night to the. decision cf the jockeys at the Manawatu races to ...:' ■■ rsslgn from the. Association bei /cause the executive had allied itself with V the Watersiders'Union and because thev objected-to the militant attitude of the .-;'.. executive, Mr; C. T). Sheath (secretary ~of the Jockeys'• Association). said that -, the executive liqHJ anticipated pressure ' r being brought toTJear on the boys. Private advice had been received that pros- , X sure had been brought to bear in individual cases. The endeavour to smash the .association 'by -, victimisation was 'regarded.'by, labour unions as a serious 'offence, and no one'could foretell with .certainty the course . that' would le adopted by powerful unions who could -~. refuse to tranship horses and racing material. ... ' A meeting of'the Jockeys' Association and various labour unions will be held to-morrow night to decide .on a course of action. . -