JOCKEYS' DISPUTE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 199, 18 May 1920, Page 8

JOCKEYS' DISPUTE

HORSES SHUT OFF FERRY , STBAMER. ~ . 1 By TeleirapU-PreßS Association. '■-.'' Chr.istchurch, May 17. The latest development in connection , with the jockeys' dispute took place ot Lyttelton to-day, when the crew of the ferry steamer Maori notified tho Union Conipanv that they would•' not sail if' ■'racehorses were shipped. This action .was taken apart from the Seamen s Union, It ?eems that the men held an informal conference* during tho week-end, and to-day two of their number: waited on the local secretary of the Seamen's Union and asked him to inform tho Union Company that the seamen and firemen would/not sail with any twohorses aboard until the Jockeys' Union is recognised; This also applies tq all coastal vessels running between the two islands. Shipowners were informed accordingly. Tho waterside' workers also intimated that they would refuse to load horses in face of the! action taken by the seamen. Six horses, in charge of Trainers Lowe, Ayres, Wilson, and Carmont arrived at* Lyttelton for shipment by tho Maori, but were sent back to Riccarton, the Union Company refusing to tak- the responsibility of endeavouring to Toad them. ~'■ RESOLUTION BY RAILWAYMEN. ' Br Telegraph—Press 'Association V Auckland/ May 17. : A joint meeting of tho/A.S.R.S. and E.F.C.A. resolved to urge the Prime Minister to use his utmost endeavour to secure the'reinstatement'of Hewitt, Rae,. and O'Shea, jockeys, failing which the / exocutives of both bodies be urged to declare racehorses and race trains "black." ■_____ ,". ' ■