WALSH DESERTED

Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1925, Page 5

WALSH DESERTED

UNIONS REFUSE TO STRIKE,

WATERSIDERS’ CANDOUR.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.,

ADELAIDE, November 30.

Referring to the deportation of Walsh and Johansen, Mr Condon (President of the Adelaide Trades and Labour Council), said there was going to be no trouble as far as Adelaide was concerned.

Mr Thompson (President of the Waterside Workers’ Union) said the watersiders were determined at all costs that Australia should not be (ragged into a strike over the deportations. The watersiders would carry ’he burden no longer. The men vere working amicably with the ship owners. They had received a fair leal, and would give one in return. He said the waterside workers would nahitain law and order at Port Adelaide. MELBOURNE, November 30. The Transport Group, and the Key Industry Unions, at a conference, decided to refuse to. recommend any form of strike against t'he deportations. MR BRUCE’S WARNING. MELBOURNE, December 1. Mr Bruce issued a statement warning all industrial extremists that the mandate giyen by; the people entailed grave responsibilities, but the Ministry would face thqm, and take all the steps necessary to prevent the extremists carrying out their nefarious designs. STOP-WORK MEETINGS WANTED.

SYDNEY, December 1.

It is estimated that on the manning cf all ships now affected by the strike being completed, there will be about two hundred men who cannot be absorbed, and these will have to be returned to England. A meeting of the marine transport group decided to recommend all interstate Labour Councils to hold stopwork meetings of all unions simultaneously on the day that Walsh and Johansen are deported. The Australian seamen meet to-day to decide what •action they will take. At Melbourne a mass meeting of striking seamen decided to resume work immediately on terms similar to those announced at Sydney. There are now only four vessels idle in Melbourne. Many of the strikers found employment ashore and will remain in Victoria.

HIGH COURT APPEALS,

SYDNEY, November 30

The Walsh-Johansen case was again before the High Court to-day. Tom Walsh’s appeal was taken first. Counsel for Walsh argued that t'he case had been improperly removed from the jurisdiction of the Full Court to the High Court. The hearing was adjourned till to-morrow.

SEAMEN’S RESUMPTION

SYDNEY, November 30. The ships’ captains and representatives of the owners and the members of the British Seamen’s Strike Executive have been formed into a committee to arrange for the manning of the ships affected by the strike. Men who have not rejoined the Bel tana, Hu.ru.nui, and Tairoa by 5 o’clock tomorrow night will be posted as deserters. In Melbourne, where a similar committee is acting, the men will be given till five on Wednesday night t 0 rejoin. When the ships whose crews •ire at the same port have been manned, the question of placing men whose ships are at other ports will be dealt with. Finally the cases of the men whose ships have left .Australia will be considered, and an endeavour will be made t 0 place them in other vessels.