PILLAGE OF CARGO.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2672, 30 November 1909, Page 5

PILLAGE OF CARGO.

RESOLUTION OF CANTERBURY TRADES AND. LABOR COUNCIL.

r? p u Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 29. ' The Canterburv Trades and Labor Council on Saturday night received a deputation from the Waterside W<ffkors J Federation, wiiieli desirea. to ouss the attitude of Mr. Justice Siui in a memorandum that lie had inserted in the Auckland Waterside Workers’ award, with reference to pillaged cargo. The deputation stated that the employers had made it appear thatall pillaging that took place_ during a vovage half round the globe had occurred in Auckland. The Union had had no chance of calling rebutting evidence in Court. A petition was in course of preparation for .presentation to the Minister of Labor asking him to set ut> a commission to inquire into the whole matter; and the Federation desired the Council to pass a resolution on the subject. . ' . The following resolution was unani•monslv this Council ap■pYOvcs the action of the Waterside Writers’ Federation, arid .views the whole memorandum oftheAH'tration Court attached to the Auckland W aterside Workers’;, mward as wimitigaM censure on, and an insult to, the-oi ganised workers of the Dominion.