SHIPPING DEADLOCK

Evening Star, Issue 18834, 8 January 1925, Page 4

SHIPPING DEADLOCK

TALK OF SETTLEMENT. CONFERENCE TO-DAY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY, January 8. (Received January 8, at 11.30 a.m.) The prospects of a settlement of the “picking-up” dispute with the seamen are brighter. The coastal shipowners meet the union to-day to decide mutually upon “picking-up” places in terms of the award. A meeting of the transport group decided to accept a compromise upon the “ picking-up ” place dispute, and instructed the Seamen’s Union to accept the offers of a conference. It is not known whether the union will comply with this order, as in the past it has accepted instructions only when they were agreeable to its views. The meeting was very atomy, delegates from the Watersidcrs’ Federation bitterly attacking the Seamen’s Union for its ruthless attitude, which, they stated, had seriously endangered the agreement completed by the federation at the Melbourne conference. This led to heated interchanges. TASMANIAN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SERVICES. SYDNEY,’January 8. (Received January 8, at 11.30 a-.m.) The Commonwealth liner Largs Bay is duo to sail for Hobart on Saturday. She is being rushed by those who are licld up as a result of tho Zcalanclia not sailing. As the Largs Bay is then proceeding to Melbourne, she will be able to relieve the acute position caused at Hobart by tho suspension of the interstate services. The Bay liners are .also carrying meat and butter to West Australia, where a shortage has arisen. Should the Largs Bay be held up the position will be serious, as the food shortage in Western Australia has become acute.