LATE MESSAGES

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 November 1925, Page 2

LATE MESSAGES

SYDNEY, Nov. 30. After the duration of over three months-, the seamen’s strike declared off without the men obtaining' the objective of the strike, which, unduly protracted by the activities of the extremists, ended in the complete capitulation of the strikers, and the terms they secured are less favouiable 'than those offered by the shipowners in September last. Although the men adopted the terms of' settlement, it will tie some time before the effects of the strike disappear, and the overseas shipping' lines will not have recovered normal running services until February next. MELBOURNE, Nov. 30. Mr. O’Neill, chairman of the Overseas Strike Committee, addressing a meeting of strikers, said that the seamen had been defeated, but the defeat was due to their being sabotaged by industrial movement of Australia. The terms of' settlement would be submitted to a meeting of seamen to-day, to determine whether they should be accepted- or not. Mr. 0 Neill added. If the seamen did go back at nine pounds sterling per month, they would introduce job control, and fight again at another - time until their conditions' materially improved; This ' was not the end but'the beginning of a new era for British, seamen. '

Rev. L. K. Hunt,- at Mount Eden Presbyterian Church Auckland, yesterday, said it was being stated that t'he General Assembly did not altogether regard dancing with disfavour, provided it was kept within bounds. •That was not so. The revelations, during 'the Assembly’s discussion, went to show the incalculable harm being wrought to the welfare of gnTs and young women by the present conduct of many dance socials.—Press Assn. ■■ ->- ■ A Press Association telegram from' Auckland to-day, stated : Concerning the report from Greymout'h, that. : Holland, owing to ill health, contemplated retirement, leaving a vacancy for Mr O’Brien, Air Savage (deputyLeader) says he had heard nothing about He would be- surprised if the report were true, as if so, he would have expected to hear ■ something. ' Mr Norman Blakiston, a young Dannevirke lawyer, to prove tb some doubting-friends that 'he could do so, walked from Diuinevirke to Pipi Bank Station at the coast a distance of forty-seven miles during the weekend. A condition of the challenge was that the distance had to- be covered between sunrise and sunset.. Blakiston did the journey in IIA hours’ walking time, finishing m good form. —Press Assn.-