JOCKEYS' DISPUTE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 179, 24 April 1920, Page 6

JOCKEYS' DISPUTE

' ASSOCIATION WILL NOT MAR'ROYAL , MEETING" DISPUTE WITH OWItfSRS TO BE HEARD HERE / By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, April 23. ' The jockeys' dispute was before the Conciliation Council to-day. It was decided that 110 steps should be taken by tho association, either directly or indirectly, to prevent any jockey from riding at tho Koyal race meeting. The Jockeys' Association agreed that the tssociation should do its utmost to prevent any trouMe. A 9 far as the jockeys wero concerned, the meeting would bo carried out successfully. , As to the dispute between the horseowners and tho jockeys, this vvill be heard in Wellington on June 10. A deputation of jockeys subsequently waited 011 Mr. Massey, who said that he would do his utmost to nssist the men to obtain their rights. THOSE"RESIGNATIONS THE COVERING LETTER. ,By Telegraph—Press Association.' ■' April 23. * The jockeys who resigned from the NewZealand Jockcys' Association at Palmer-" ston North on Thursday have addressed the. following letter to ttre secretary of the association "We bog to tender our resignations a<imembers of the association. We are taking this course 011 tho following grounds: Firstly, we were assured when we joined that there would be no affiliation witli any other body of workers. We ( wore also given a promise by tho secretary that we would only be known as an association and not as a union. We therefore resent tho failure to carry ov those promises, and beg to resign." ABOUT THE SPLIT ' Members of tho Jockeys' Association state that the defection of some members will not cause their organisation to erase . its activities. .• The association'has 1 early two hundred members, and'it has established relations with various branches of organised labour. Its claims against the owners and trainers aro now being investigated by Mr. P. Hally and the officers of the association believe that a settlement can bo reached. • ■ "I don't want to discuss the action of the riders who have resigned from , tho association," said a member yesterlay. "But if the trainers, owners, and racing clubs imagine that the withdrawal of. a few boys from the association is going to (stop the agitation for improvement.in llie pay and working conditions of jockeys they are making ft great mistake. The jockeys as a body, not merely a few fortunate individuals, are entitled to fair treatment, and they are going Urget it. The racing public will support I hem id demanding it." «'