SEAMEN'S STRIKE LEADER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 258, 31 October 1925, Page 9

SEAMEN'S STRIKE LEADER.

AN OFFER TO MR. WALSH. ' HINGES ON HIS DEPORTATION. A BILLET AT HOME. ) (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 10 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. ! The Labour daily states that Tom Walsh is now awaiting his fate at the . hands of the Deportation Board. He was asked by the British seamen's executive whether, in the event of leave of absence being granted to him by the Australian Seamen's Union, he would accept the general presidency during the initial stages of the new organisation which it is proposed to form, to be known as the Federated Seamen's Union of Great Britain and Ireland, and that Yi'alsh has signified his willingness.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) I STRIKERS ARE WAVERING. FARMERS AT WORK. •■_ PRODUCERS' PATIENCE ENDS. (Received *12 noon.) SYDNEY,.this day. The Suevic has sailed with a full crew. ' BRISBANE; this day. Farmers throughout the State are . rallying to load the steamers, declaring I that they will no longer tolerate the tactics of the extremists- ' A party of about 250 have gone to Bowen to load sugar into the ships. 1 Accommodation arrangements are made 1 by the Chamber of Commerce. ' Extreme elements in Bowen intend to obstruct loading operations, but the ; farmers state that thia will not deter • them, as their mission is to show the Communists that primary producers will no longer tolerate the unconstitutional ! and harassing tactics used by the extremists. ! " The coaling of the steamer Mahia at ' Gladstone is proceeding quietly. ; The departure of five steamers from [ Queensland ports in the past five days [ has damped the ardour of strikers, and [ an early call to return to work is -flow c expected. [ MELBOURNE, this day. I A feature of the strike situation is the number of strikers asking to be allito'ed - to return to the ships when they call l at Melbourne on their return voyages. The men have been told that they will 5 he allowed to do so provided the crews i are not completed by volunteers. It is . quite apparent that the strikers are wavering. ' PERTH, this day. The steamer Limerick sailed from Fre- \ mantle with a full crew, except two l members, who jumped ashore at"the last moment. The Dimboola has also sailed.—(A. i i and N.Z. Gable.) i REVOLUTION INTENDED. I WARNING TO WORKERS. (Received 12.30 p.m.) i PERTH, this day. ' The secretary of the Albany branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation, ' addressing wharf labourers, said the ; original intention of those engineering the British seamen's strike was to prej cipitate a general strke throughout Ausj tralia, not for the purpose of getting ' better conditions for seamen but for " revolutionary purposes. He warned 1 members against becoming embroiled in such a dispute. —(A. and N.Z. Cable*) . SOME SEAMEN SENTENCED. POSITION A LITTLE EASIER. i 1 SYDNEY, October 30. At a meeting of the Seamen's Union i to-day the position of the Ulimaroa was L discussed. It was de.cided to man the ! vessel forthwith on the understanding ■ that the question of overtime should be ■ settled by negotiation at the earliest possible date. ; The Ulimaroa will, therefore, probably • be in commission again shortly. Regarding the Zealandia, it was reported at the meeting that the owners had explained that she was tied up ' because of the lack of facilities at ! Fremantle. The men accepted this 1 explanation. Twenty* striking members of the crew - of the steamer Mm, including 14 West j African negroes, were each sentenced at : Newcastle to seven days' imprisonment, > after having been on remand for a ' month. The steamer -Ceramic is coaling, and " the Port Auckland has had her bunkers *• filled without trouble. The president of the Waterside ' Workers' Federation at Melbourne denies T statements to the effect that the federation intended to block overseas vessels ! 'because they were cutting out FreJ mantle. The did not propose to hold up ' I any vessel. They intended to avoid becom- : I ing involved in the strike as far as possible. 1 Thirty-three members of the crew of : the steamer Port Campbell joined the strikers at Melbourne to-day.— (A. and l r N.Z. Cable.) j COAL FOR REFRIGERATION. I A VITAL MATTER. 1 BRISBANE, October 30. > The Mahia, at Gladstone, has now suffil eient coal to get her refrigerators started ] by to-night. . The strikers had hauled coal-filled ; trucks for a-quarter of a mile back" from the wharf to prevent the coal from being . put aboard. Horses bad to be used to bring it to the wharf again, as the Rail- ; war Department claimed that it had r filled its contract in the first haulage. It r therefore refused to do the work again. The Prime Minister (Mr. S. M. Bruce) 5 sent a further telegram to the Premier » of Queensland (Mr. W. McCormack) to- - day- He said: "Mv Government has i received many complaints of the inader auate police protection in your State;. The! i Commonwealth Government "cannot and b does not agree that you are doing; every- ; thing in your power to ease the local 1 situation. j "I suggest that your Government imi mediately intimate that adequate police protection must be given to seamen and , ships to ensure that the refrigeration 3 plants are kept working, and that the - wanton , destruction of Australian produce is prevented."—(A. and NJS. Cable.)