JOCKEY’S DISPUTE.
TROUBLE ON THE MOKOIA,
Christchurch, July 12. Sir George Clifford, president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, had booked a passage for Wellington hy (he Mokoia to-night, but the firemen declined to go to sea with him and Mr Rutherford on board.
When Sir George Clifford was told of the firemen’s a ttitude his first inclination was to stay on the ship and let matters take their course, hut, on second thoughts, he decided to go ashore and save trouble on
account of (he many passengers on hoard who had important reasons for Ira veiling. As Sir George Clifford left the ship the passengers cheered him, the firemen making a counter-demonstration. .
Apparently (he firemen deelined to sail with Sir George Clifford and Mr Rutherford for the reason that they are racehorse owners, hut there appears to be some mistake about Mr Rutherford, for it is understood that no member of the Canterbury racing family of that name was on board the Mokoia. It looks as if Sir George Clifford will not be able to preside? at the New Zealand Racing Conference at Wellington on Thursday, when one of the principal itemsmf business is the consideration of the jockeys’ dispute and the best means of effecting a settlement. “LOSING A GOOD .FRIEND.” A later message stated: As Sir George Clifford left the Atokoia the firemen shouted out, “You will never travel by this boat or any other Union Company boat,” followed by a counting-out. The men walked along the deck as Sir George proceeded up the wharf. “If you only knew it you are losing one of the best: friends you have,” Sir George remarked to one group. Sir George lifted'’his Iml to the crowd as he finally left the wharf, and with his daughter returned to Christchurch.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2149, 13 July 1920, Page 2
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299JOCKEY’S DISPUTE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2149, 13 July 1920, Page 2
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