LABOUR TROUBLE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9679, 31 December 1909, Page 5

LABOUR TROUBLE.

A LECTURE PROM THEI BENCH. JUDGE HEYDON'S REMARKS^ DELEGATES POSSESSED M CONFIDENCE OF THE MSfflH TIME ALLOWED TO PAYiWHj United Press Association—By Elect ic InHfiSl Received December 30, SYDNEY, DecemberwH Judge Heydon, in fining thtsmH gate officials, said the men possesWß the confidence of their fellows. Theil position was an honourable one, but in cases of this kind that was an aggravation of the offence rather than I a mitigation. They were accused of influencing their fellows against the law, and they could not have done so if they were not men whom their fellows trusted. They had used their qualities to fight the community and bring about a calamity to the country, and they could not now make a poor mouth when the facts were brought home to them. He could not see his way to reduce the fine, but would allow a month in which to pay. A number of the men refused the concession, preferring gaol, but after consulting their counsel agreed 10 accept time to pay. AN APPEAL TO BE MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON. December 30. Mr James McWilliams, vice-presi-dent of the New South Wales Colliery Employees Federation, addressed a meeting to-night under the auspices of the Trades and Labour Council. There was not a large attendance. Ater setting out the case from the miners' point of view, Mr McWilliams appealed for funds to help to carry on the struggle. The chairman, Mr D. McLaren. M.P., said an appeal for funds would be made throughout the Dominion by Mr Manning, secretary of the New Zealand Miners' Federation, at the same time the Wellington Trades and Labour Council intended to take hdppendent action in this connection.