A FIRM STAND.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19413, 12 September 1928, Page 14

A FIRM STAND.

OWNERS' MANIFESTO.

THE MARITIME DISPUTE.

MANY SHIPS HELD UP. (UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION— BJ ELECTRIC TELEGBAPH —COPYBIGHT.) (Received September 11th, 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 11. Although many ports throughout the Commonwealth were idle to-day, hun-. dreds of watersiders ofered for work at Sydney and plenty of labour was avail- ! able for all vessels, no distinction being made for the steamers Baradine and Goulburn, which the men refused to work at the afternoon pick-up yesterday. The men show their objection, not to the ships or the line to which they belong, but to the whole principle. An official statement issued by overseas shipping representatives says: The overseas and inter-State shipping companies face two challenges, and accept both. One is the defiant tearing up of the new watersiders' award by ' the Watersiders' Federation, which we answer by taking a definite and final stand by the award, refusing to barter law and order for pieace and persistent " The second challenge is the question asked by Judge Beeby in. his recent judgment: "Will the -skipping -companies continue their policy of submission or take a firm stand ?' We answer that challenge as emphatically as the •first. The day of continual, enforced concession and piecemeal compromise is i f-nded. We stand as a united body arbitration as against anarchy, whether that anarchy be by repudiation or the whole award, or its- tearing up clause by clause. Reports from Brisbane; Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, and Fremantle state that no work was done,on'the waterfront today,' the men refusing employment at the morning, pick-up. - The Comorin. which arrived at Fremantle from Lon'don, had to continue her voyage; with-.. out discharging cargo.' At Melbourne, although men wtere picked up to work many vessels at the morning pick-iip, they left the" wharves when told that they were 'ngaged under . the .newaward. With vthe exception of,the coal and Ta6manian ser- ' vic>es and the Patrick. Line. inter-State shipping is at a standstill and by tonight thousands of workers in Melbourne will be. idle. The shipowners are preparing to pay off crews and. to refund passage money overseas, - and ' the inter-State shipping companies: have- refused «a further .request of the watersiders for -a conference, • stating that; a necessary pre! imin- • ary will * -be observance of the pew award.—Australian, Press Association.;, WATERSIDE TROUBLE. * *" i , SHIPOWNERS JOIN SYDNEY, September 11.

OXX/rsJCiX»!•'Shipowners .are>.determined that- the Watersiders' : Award shall be ; obeyed. jThey have' anticipated trouble for ,taft&y weeks, and. the oversea and }»nf&iH3tate jcompaniea have nov? joined forew - They 'have refase'd'to giant the Waterside Federation a conference because the basis' of ■ discussion -is •,the-o'd ■ award; Legal proceedings will be taken for I kny breach against any ijnion which , resists the. second daily pifitup. The I owners' have" written to, the Federation/ expressing the .'hope that the Federation will - withdraw from the position it taken up. A prolonged straggle at the present I moment would be disastrous owing to I the desire of shippers to get their woolr away, of ! which £4,0Q0,0Q0 worth is ! awaiting shipment—Australian Press Association. i