STRIKE OR NO STRIKE ?
AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN
STRUGGLE WITH REDS
SYDNEY, 28th October. The seamen's meeting to decide' the fate of the shipping strike was again a fiasco to-day.' The moderates sought to rescind all strike resolutions, a move which, if carried; would have meant a resumption of work. Tho Beds attacked the proposal. All speeches were greeted with continuous hooting, shouting, and the bitterest exchanges and threat.-.' Tho Keels made a aonccrted rurh tdws.rd the dhairmaii (Mr. Daly), who was unable to restore order, and declared the meeting closed. Fighting and jostling prevailed for many minutes. The; moderate seamen, it h stated, are determined to man the ships. At least 1000 names have been obtained of those who desire a discontinuance of tho dispute. Their petition was presented at the meeting, but the Reds compelled tho chairman to reject it. Another such petition is being prepared. The shipowners are marking time. They declare that their patience is nearly exhausted, and hint.that if the trouble is not settled this week, a call for volunteers is certain next week.
Seamen in all the other States are awaiting the decision of the Sydney branch.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 104, 29 October 1931, Page 14
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