BIG FIGHT EXPECTED.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17433, 19 April 1922, Page 6

BIG FIGHT EXPECTED.

SHIPOWNERS v.AUSiw SEAMEN'S UNiofi. "

.PRIVATE LINES' COMMONWBAIii^

("Br C«bl«- -Pf* Aswciiiwi,. '% tAuttrili»n anrl S Z ".l,! V%S (Received April 18th. li is 3 MELBOURXiJ-gM Mr Lark in. manager of thejfl wealth Shipping Line i n cabled that Lord InehcoDe ffi the P. and 0. Company assurance that in the eventHobson's Bay being held u, »t the. action of the Australia,",'') unions the vessels of ft- -p group of steamship li nes Australian coast will be til the Government manned. ":■*. The action taken by tfc e fv" wealth Steam Shit, Owners' ju£j who, in view of the against the Federated*SeaoaV? dictation have alreadv enm J--of masters r.nd officers a y notice indicates that the pritaW'' will stand by the GovornnWt ik crisis comes to a head, whicn s'■ ed on the vessel's arrivallntiK next week. _* - $

COMMONWEALTH STEji

QUESTION OF REPLAOINQ Qjj

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESroSTUBJ SYDNEY, A« The arrival of the Comno§ Government's new passengjt \ Hobson's Buy, iu Australian 4 brings the clash between th»oh wealth ship managers and the) Hall job control crtw to unotSfi Before tho last Commonwealtti the Largs Bay, left these skj month her original crew, many Australian unionists andj men, was summarily sacked at Uj mand of the Trades Hall, wiij a crew of its own down to the it take charge of tho ■vessel in who objected to one of these 1 Hall mariners was forced to MSp even the captain had to UK Trades Hall bo'a'n in j he had no confidences ing thus caved in /aim every demand of the jo&.id crow'd, thereby denuding the oitio the Largs Bay of all real anthodj. Commonwealth Government M fine air of resolution, and declared] when the nest liner aimed tho q agement, througli ttai would have the sole right to ess freedom of choice in theriectimi new- crew. Ministers insisted tWj principle was vital, and sary the issue, would be'foughtrtS the unionists. The majority™ I crew at present in the Hobson'im Australians and unionists, and toil tion everyone is asking nog »»■ the executive of the SeaittiJ will insist upon the vessel tan manned by its owni nominees m return passage to England, ajtW in tho case of the last so, -what will lhappen? ' : 1 "I am not going to let MrjM anybody els© dictate to me ap crew I shall carry in the Hobw He is not my boss, and never* I can help it. I have a gooi picked men, the maionty of w Australian associations and tli sary union credentials, and HI keep as many of them as I oil statement, made yesterday to, R. Moodie-Heddle, of the Hobs) indicates that if Mr Walsh (pjfl the Seamen's Union), or tfiftffl gineers, or Stewards and OOOK provoke trouble, a firm standi taken. "$ Captain Moodie-Heddle st» the present crew was signed 08,1 don ,to proceed to Brisbane JJ to Sydney in the ship There? to be paid off, and as many eligible and wished to rejoin \ re-engaged in spito of any «* unions might take. What W not eligible, of course, tfOttKL placed by others at Sydney,'jj would be chosen by the ma» chiefs of the various departmew the ship, and not from tho** by the union officials y Tho vessel has just reachedJJ from London, and the ei&W gle, therefore, will not takejt at least a fortnight, unless J taken by representatives of tK unions in the north, whictW as a surprise to the officials m» and also to the crew on boami£ If any deadlock occurs utj * with the sailing of the HoMM heavy loss will be pers in every State will WW? rangements have been nu»f« cargo in all the. leading port"* lie dates, and most of it B W! freight. Tasmanian sWPPjff would lose more than 100,01"? fruit, for which space has best* in the liner. The passenger H dation is also well booked no,« than 600 people would be gf*J venieneed it the shop w«* r from sailing.