CANTERBURY FARM LABORERS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 208, 24 August 1908, Page 3

CANTERBURY FARM LABORERS

WORKERS- EEPRESEXTATIVE DISGUSTED.

?? Telegraph.-Pre 8s Association. Arbitration Court's iol™" ° U the *"» laborers'2 & tie Deruimienf ' as ' -thorn. • eould hardly ey J ° '■' St ? lSd tbal ho the lindim/of ilIS will, tempt forVinT''' M his <ou- J ■*J» were •"? U, ?- meu I 6, der," h e iai J .r' uIL «>r ". »| cou . f owed himself "<fe Sim ha, fw . filching from V IMtr »'"eut porkers oi° t hi 3 coujxtrv n a »"'! tult "..l J «gal right, in a&, **•" He Court in providing ~ actlon °f- Hie «"• the threshers, and the fL "a an 'M workers, with the„V S ? a Snmltnvd award ii the pre" n u a t £ an though IViiament 21 f£* said , that «

certain legal riehu . workers one man (the jS £ """^J- with 0«rt) to ateoluK nu mfv m ratiua tte .promises of Hii p„ "- v "°t only the definite enactnf P n t Gve J 2Unent ' D ™ *e»t of the S r^ ntS Ju l p t '- *««*- cuse was that an ge Slms exV * «,« case That difficulty was n ° „ enfo «eme»tCo«rt. The eiC en .ent7™ ° f tte a"ght safely be fcftS'? an >' award cerned. T n ,. findin,, the uwon t0 "- '""ply one o J Jttr ot a t r h f' *' s arguments. The Court i° ■ e ~ a™ ers' to ma k» „„„:.„. tourt had endeavow.4

io make capital out of u r, Kayotsi nitude of the diW lhli , alle « e d mag- ■ seven hundred T™ ' 3nd stated that The seven V? involve<l--r s lU „ d ; d th r t , l , on,} - owners'AssociatmnK* , the Shcep»t land h ° ,ders whom there weT <. Z,. fift y ac «s, of It was absurd o say from one acre to L? <*" mmu * were four thousand f and ther « W) W e re f°Z" T h in c'anterfected bytnlTJi W -° Uld be <* sand workers a Hp'„, t '*, Sl ? tec ' n thoathe dispute f mvoKed j » the same siv ti? ' for tlle Part WnyemWlf?J!.3, a ? , ' es > who were

teen thousand EV ? VCn , ,f sii " «* dispute, ?her/ were 7" mvolve <? *» Courr^Tbo^^LS 3 ° f t,,C <f P%er ß of labor DL p ur t lt g n!a Uine statement to the conS v Judse s definite evidence to* v' ,' la "^^ eluded Mr. Thorn, "the S,<! . 7"" means out of the *oo> Tn,? %& pure lunk all the way throuoh m„ fight all over again, but we shall be uo •

"d doing it within a very short tin" P The agricultural industry will b e in »" steeo continuou.turm-oUandunr", rights and privileges according to the tow of this land. We have appointed a permanent secretary, and «££&« ™l go up and down the length an.'lJ breadth of this province orgSng and! educating day in and day out." |

FARMERS PLEASED.

~ _ T Christehureh, Last Night. Mr. D. Jones, one of the farmers' advocates during the hearing of the farm laborers dispute, was seen by a Star reporter to-day relative to the Arbitritioa Court's decision in the farm toborers dispute. He said it was gratifying to the farmers to find that the Wt, in its judgment, had u „] le i d the i. contentions that the farmers had beer, fighting for.all through. He wished to say that he looked on the findin" r» i ■victory as much for the farm worke-w aa for the farmers. He had recognised throughout the case that it was in the interest of all parties to allow things to continue as at present. Mr. Thorn ihad said that the Judge's finding was Bimply a rehash of his (Mr. Jones'} address, but he regarded that as a hig-i compliment to himself. It proved, at any rate, that the line of argument he had taken up had appealed to the good • Bense of the Court, which had practically given a finding on the lines of his address. He believed that the hulk of the farm workers were as pleased with - the judgment as the farmers, and he heard of instances last evening in the district where the workers, when the news got abroad, had got on their bicycles and joined their mates to rejoice that they still had their freedom. Ths finding of the Court was especially gratifying to the farming community, because it proved that after seven months of continual taking of evidence, the

Court had decided that the farmers had dealt, on the whole, justly with their men, and the recommendations of the Court merely said that the farmers should go on doing what they were now doing. He believed that the farmers would, on the whole, carry them out where possible. A great deal had been made of the fact that it was possible'to make an award in the farming industry, but the great point to be considered was not whether it was possible, bat •whether it was desirable. The Court maintained, as the farmers had maintained, that it was undesirable to interfere with existing conditions. 'lt is to ke regretted," said Mr. Jones in conclusion, "that Mr. McCullough, in his inter- ■ View, has given expression to the views there stated, and had accused the' Court Of fceing a party to a gross miscarriage Of justice. This come very badly from in man in his position. He was one if lie chief originators of the dispute, and I fully expected he would have had the manliness and good taste to refrain Irom sitting on what was practically lis own offspring, thereby making a mockery of justice."

Timaru, Saturday Night. The fanners of this district sire . well pleased with the decision of the lAifoitration Court on the farm laborers' dispute. It is denied that there was any dispute except an artificial, one engineered by city unions for political purposes.