WEST COAST MINES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10718, 27 September 1912, Page 5

WEST COAST MINES

ABUSING A FREE LABOURER-

(By Telegram—Z'resj Association.)

REEFTON, Last Night,

The Consolidated Goldfields Comi>any applied to the Wardens Court for further protection for four months. Warden Hewitt wag disinclined to grant the 'protection, stating that the matter was in the hands of the Arbitration Court, who to-mor-row .would. appoint an arbitrator at \V( li : iigton.

Mr Lncorie, solicitor for -ho company, asked for protection to the operative at onpe. considering that the Miners' Union had intimated that it Mould, not' abide by any .Iccisio'i hostile to their interests.

Tho Magistrate consequently withdrew the application to the Arbitration Court for the appointment of an arbitrator.

The, warden refused to grant tho protection until lie knew the result of the Arbitration ('•"' "!> sitting to-mor-row, and accordingly adjourned the ease till the result of the arbitration is known.

Other applications were, similavly » dealt with. I

In the case in which P. Phe'.an was charged with abusing two free labourers in a livery stable, the solicitor for the accused raised the point that a livery stable was not a public place within tho meaning of the Act. Magistrate Hewitt, snitl it was proved that the accused had uttered strong, horrible, and filthy language. This was the fu'st case arising out of tho labour dispute, and be warned anyone coming tefore him on such a charge that he intended making tho penalty heavy. The conduct of the Reefton men was most exemplary, and thay would realise tho damage done their cause by vile and filthy language. The case was adjourned for further evidence.