RECENT STRIKE.
THE BILL,
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, May 20.
The second reading of the Strike Bill was carried by 66 to 18. The Premier announced that he would omit the penal clauses in Committee. The passage of the Bill in its altered form will enable the Government to carry out its duty towards loyalists and to those who resumed duty. In the case of the men who willingly joined the strike, it was desirable, in the public interest, that some of them should have their compensation reduced in accordance with the magnitude of their offences. It would be unwise to retain the penal clauses. Possibly provision would he made in the Piuiiway Management Bill to prevent future strikes. The House is still sitting in Committee. Only half the number of trains will run till the new Commissioners take charge. Besides losing their positions 20 members of the executive have sacrificed compensation amounting to about £-1500.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 897, 21 May 1903, Page 2
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