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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2549, 9 July 1909, Page 3

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BRITISH WORKMEN IN FRANCE. United Pitr.ss Association —Copyright PARIS, July 7. France has agreed to extend the full benefit of workmen’s compensation to Englishmen living in France. BREACHES OF AAV ARDS. (Per P iess Association.) NAPIER, July 3. A" number of- industrial cages came before, the Magistrate’s Court yeserday. at the instance of the Inspector of awards. George Douglas, for failing to claim overtime under the bakers’ •award,had judgment given against him for £2. Henry Bodies contractor, for a breach of drivers’ award, was fined £5 Two carters for accepting 8s per dav instead of £2 8s 6d a week v< ro each fined £2. AVilliam AVard, building contractor, was fined X,> for. a breach of the carpenters’ award. '1 he Union-Steamship Company v<re fined £5 for a breach of the wharf 1< Lorers, and stevedores’ awrnrd, by engaging laborers at other than the proper place, and six men were fined 10s each for accepting work from the Union Company at the wrong jilace. The Union Company were charged with paying for la hours’ overtime when two hours should have been paid for: It was shown that the company had, in the first instance, misread the*award, but had subsequently paid the proper amount. Judgment was given for the defendant company in this case, also in a case in which they were charged with employing two nonunionists when unionists were available, the Magistrate holding that in the latter case the circumstances were exceptional, and the company had acted reasonably. RAILWAY SERVANTS’ SOCIETY. AVAN GAN UI, July 8. Interviewed regarding the railway men’s dispute, Air. AV. A. Veitch. president of the Amalgamated Society oi Railway Servants, said that it had taken nearly 20 years to build uji the society and some of tiio men had suffered through it. It had now developed into a strong defensive organisation, and it was only common sense to advise the locomotive men to leave well alone, and not to invite disaster ~y splitting the defensive .forces. Asked ah to the statement that the Minister of Railways had promised to recognise the Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners’ Association, Mr. Veitch characterised the assertion as all bluff and not true. “In a letter to me on the subject,” he said, “the Al’inister says: —‘1 have so far refused to recognise the proposed association, on the ground that only one association of railway servants can be recognised to deal with matters affecting railway employees.’ ” In conclusion, Air. Veitch said: “A, great many of the locomotive "men arc remaining in the A.S.R.S., realising that a split in the ranks is the forerunner of retrogression.” DUNEDIN, July 8. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin branch of the Engineers, Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners’ Association, it Avas unanimously decided to endorse the resolution passed by the Wanganui branch deprecating the 'action of the executive of the A.S.R.S., and pledging itself to support the grand council as the only association calculated to further their interests. THE TAILORING TRADES. .. DUNEDIN July 8. At the last meeting of tne Council of the Ncav Zealand Tailoresses’ Federation, applications Avere received from the Auckland Tailoresses’ Union for affiliation, the request being ufianimously agreed to. This result is largely due to the efforts of the Hon. J. T. Paul. Steps have also been taken by Mr. Paul to extend the Federation to cover the .existing Operative Tailors’ Union. In Dunedin and AVellington the unions have agreed to join the Federation, and the Auckland ’Tailors have also decided to recommend their union to affiliate. Last AVcek Air. Paul met the representatives of the Christchurch tailoring trade, and those present agreed as to the immediate necessity of joining.