THE MARITIME STRIKE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20383, 2 November 1931, Page 9

THE MARITIME STRIKE.

STEAMERS MANNED. ZIONISTS IN VOLUNTEER CREWS. 4 COMPULSOR y CONFERENCE. ■ —rW9» A-SSOCIATIOK— Bi* ELECTRIC ' aattaiUßr-comiGUT.) (ReM ired November Ist, 7 r .m.) SYDNEY", November 1. The gteawer Wear sailed with a vol.ta« crew, the majority being unionMelbourne. This vessel carries I A " ves '° l " nre Jinnned at Melbourne. b AWBp"J» or y conference of the ship and Union representatives was w ofn ' flia pot receive notification m tirno and it w ' aß P0 st P oncd until ilondayla defiance of tho Strike Committee ths motoMWp Momba signed ou a jolla,e 00 nieW This is tlw bi 3S cst setback that ft» Steers have experienced. HaviuS g° no to ° ar ar " -omenta with the Wear to temporfather the ship-owners could not omply with Mr Seullin's request m reearfto this ship, but gave an assurance Lt they would hold their three other shjßJ, for which crews are available, M til the conference is held. Witn ealla were made for crews on Friday nearly two thousand seamen at. trndad. but under throats from the baton of the Communist StrikeCommittea there was no response. Many, \mtnr, handed in their names pnvatdly to the pwners. There seems to be little tfoubt that every ship will be able to secure a first class crew. In spitfe of tho fact that the daily" strike resolution was carried with the usual majority at Newcastle, a volun. tear crow was secured for the Mernoo. The ship will be held up pending the Melbourne conference Tho B>otor-slup Mundalla sailed from Sydney late on Friday night. Seven Vessels Clear. gore® vessels left Sydney during the wwfcwfl. It is freely declared that sufficient voluateers were available for as many more. A compulsory-conference of the partial to the dispute ls v being held tomorrow. TRANSPORT LEVY. BUS SERVICES STOPPED. INDIGNATION IN SYDNEY. j .. (Received November let, 5,5 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 81. , and forty motor buses, tlmjaJjave been competing with tho tram mi trains in the Metropolitan ana, vtß'6ase running at midnight in conseqMDce of recent legislation under heavy passenger toll is impose# «a omnibuses competing with the fiarwnment transportation sysbuses acting as feeders, hoireTOt escape the levy. Afc leaat 2600 will be rendered idle. PiiMic indignation is at fever heat.