SHIP DISPUTE ENDED

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25305, 3 October 1947, Page 7

SHIP DISPUTE ENDED

ENGINEERS ORDERED TO RESUME SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCED IN AUSTRALIA CANBERRA, October I A settlement of the marine engineer** dispute which threatened to tie up all Australian coastal shipping has been announced by the Federal Prime Minister (Mr Chifley). Engineers who left their ships have been ordered back immediately, and others whose notices of resignation have not yet taken effect will withdraw them. Mr Justice Kelly, of the Commonwealth Arbitratidn Court, will review the dispute in the steamer Corio, from which the larger dispute sprang, and the vessel will then be manned in accordance with his findings. The announcement of the compromise followed long conferences in Melbourne before Mr Justice Kelly. By midnight last night more than 40 of the 140 coastal and inter-State ships involved in the dispute were tied up at various Australian ports. Sydney faced a week-end without gas. ana Melbourne and Adelaide faced a drastic curtailment of essential services because ’all coal to maintain electrical services in these cities is sea-borne. After conferences attended by the Minister of Supply and Shipping (Senator W. P. Ashley), the actingchairman of the Maritime Industries Commission (Mr S. T. Edwards), and the general secretary of the Institute of Manne and Power Engineers (Mr E. A. Cole), a statement was issued instructing all members of the institute to withdraw their notices of termination of their services and to return to duty forthwith. Mr Justice Kelly presided at the Melbourne talks as a negotiator only, as he had previously decided that because the dispute was not between employers and' employees the Arbitration Court could not intervene.

DAVIS CUP TEAM

PAILS COMPLAINS ON RETURN TO SYDNEY

“ BROMWICH AND BROWN UNFRIENDLY ” (Rec. 10 p.m.) SYDNEY. October X On his return to Sydney to-day by air from the United States, Dinny Pails bitterly attacked his Davis Cup team-mates. John Bromwich and Geoff Brown. “This matter has got to come out,” he said. “There is no use saying the team was happy and contented. Bromwich and Brown did not pull their weight at any stage of the tour. “The rift that existed in the side must have been reflected in our play. We were an unhappy band from start to finish,” said Pails. Only Colin Long’s friendship and the warmth of the welcome they had received everywhere had made the tour bearable for him, he continued.

He alleged that Brown and Bromwhich had to be persuaded into attending official functions, that they would not co-operate, and that they were “downright unfriendly." Mr Roy Cowling “did everything expected of him” as business manager, and reports that he had offended American officials were not correct. Pails said, however, that he was a failure as captain because he apparently knew little of the fundamentals of tennis. An experienced man might have prevented Schroeder from using a masseur half-way through his match with Bromwich in the challenge round and might have prevented Schroeder from using the tactics he adopted to beat Pails.