UNIONS PROSECUTED.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3445, 26 March 1920, Page 2

UNIONS PROSECUTED.

PENAL'I‘II‘J§ FOl6 STRIKING.

I .\Il’()R 1‘ .\NT CAB 155‘

AUCKL.-k.\'D, .\l:u'ch 2;

i be\'er:tl cases came before 311' \\’illsou, ..\,‘.;\l., at the .\lagistrate’s Court this morning, in which the Inspector iof .~\w:ir«ls sought to recover penalties ' of £2OO in each case from three unions I and three secretaries in the iron trade. The claim in‘each case was to recover £2OO as penalty for a.n"offenc.e under section C of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908, Viz., that the defendant Union, during September, 1919, at. Auckland, did incite or instigate certain workers of the said Union employed by the United Repairing Company, Ltd., and certain workers of Clare and \Val'ner to become parties to an unlawful strike. Similar penalties were asked for against. the Auckland district boiler- [ inalmrs, iron ship xrorkers, and bridge jbuiltlers’ union of \\'orkel's; also ug;:lin.~.'t Adam Hood I’llillips, secretary to the said union. find A. H. Phillips“ .s‘ecretnl'y to the .~Xuel:.l:iml Iron and Brass Uoulders’ Union; and R. F. Bar~ ter, secretary to the zkuckland branch of the Anialganiated Society of Engineeers; like'wisc>. against the Auckland branch of the ..‘\xli:£l_graniu.ted Society of l‘}ligineel's, ’.\lr i\l,:l}'s snitl he was compelled to; zisk for an o.djom':inleilt of all ('il.\‘(‘:~' on ' Ihe ground that ‘.lll in.‘-‘-po(‘fUl' \\‘ll(,~.~'el [_v"'.‘.\‘(‘ll('.t‘ \\':.~.~= essr-ntizri. \\'2l;< :11‘ pre.<entl at '\’\':lih'i. Ml‘ Shelton. \‘.‘i:-n represented the} three l7nion.< zuvd ;~tea=l'etal'ie.<, said he] must .<tl'oil}_~‘ly r>}'»7_::r>;<e any mljolll'nmen": being‘ ;;:';l:itt‘sl. There was :1 g__vre2:t'. deal of 15n1'C.<t :w.long:zt the members of all _th;'ee unions; tlleretTore it "cut: es:<ent.i:-.l the e.n.<es Sl1()‘Jl(i be (lerirlenl as soon as 1'»o:s‘sil)le. The real? ernx of the ('.n.~'e was \\'i!(-.'l.'llC‘.' the em—l rflo'vel'.<l, under the :I\‘.'al'(l, enultl compel -'-m;ulo'yee.< to ixorif. O‘.’(_‘l‘i'illlO on any day Wll€l'€Oll the men had already put in eight: liours. That point required sf‘,l'fli.ll,Q‘ first. for it’ they were not compellable. then there hurl not been 1121)’! \‘:'tl'ik(.‘. Mr \Yilson. siiggzestezl that“ ii. Case shoulrl be stated for the ;\.z'bitl':ltioii Court to give :1 ruling. Mr Shelton said they must first havel his Worship’.~‘. ruling. as the cases hacl been laitl before him. If it was ml-Q verse to the Union then ‘they coulrl appeal to the Arbitration Court. .»\t't'er further dimtiissioii an adjournment: fits granted. '