BRISBANE TRAMWAYS.
CAUSTIC CRITICISM. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Melbourne, November 30. In the tramway arbitration case, counsel for the Brisbane Tramway Company, in addressing the court, said that the employers asked for justice, not sym- ' pathy. Mr. Justice Higgins replied: "Justice ' to you means dictating your own terms.' ; To another remark, Mr. Justice Hig ' gins retorted that some witnesses were 1 stuffed. They were driven to the pen 5 like sheep, and were asked leading ' tions. That was putting stuffing intc ' the mouths of men'who were at theii 3 mercy. Tie added that the Arbitratior Act was intended to encourage unionism The manager of the Brisbane tramwaj k had discredited unionism, thereby dis 1 obeying the Act.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 167, 2 December 1912, Page 5
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116BRISBANE TRAMWAYS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 167, 2 December 1912, Page 5
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