JOCKEY’S DISPUTE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2129, 18 May 1920, Page 3

JOCKEY’S DISPUTE.

A SOUTHERN DEVELOPMENT. HOUSES NOT CARRIED ON THE MAORI. Christchurch, May 17. The latest development in ('mined ion will) I lie jockey’s dispute look place at Lyttelton to-day, when the ('row of the ferry steamer Maori notified the Union Company that they, would not sail if racehorses were shipped. This action was taken apart from the Seamen’s Union. ■ It seems that the men held an informal conference during' the weekend, and to-day two of their number waited on the local secretary of the Seamen’s Union and asked him to inform the Union Company that the seamen and firemen would not sail with any racehorses .on hoard, until the Jockeys’ Union is recognised. This also applies to all coastal vessels running between the two islands. The shipowners were informed accordingly. The waterside workers also intimated that they would refuse to load horses in the face of any action taken by the seamen. Six horses in charge of the train-, ers Lowe, Ayres, Wilson and Carmont arrived at Lyttelton for shipment by the Maori, but were sent back to liiecarton, the Union Company refusing to'take the responsibility of endeavouring to load them. KAILWAYMEN TAKE ACTION. Auckland, May 17. A joint meeting of the A.S.R.S. and E.F.C.A. resolved to urge the Premier to use his utmost endeavour to secure the reinstatement of Hewitt, Rae, and O’Shea, the suspended jockeys, failing which the executive of both bodies be urged to declare racehorses and race trains “black.”