LATE NEWS STRIKE POSITION EASED

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 September 1946, Page 7

LATE NEWS STRIKE POSITION EASED

AMERICAN MARITIME UNION’S ACTION (Recd. 3.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 17. The National Maritime Union’s action is freeing the A.F.L.-manned manned ships from picketing and has opened the way to a general easing of the nation-wide maritime stoppage. The National Maritime Union order also exempted all foreign ships not under contract to the N.M.U. Questioned regarding the effect on a ship going to New Zealand and Australia, a N.M.U. official said that such ships would not be interfered with in New Zealand and Australian ports, as so'far no request for aid had been made to the World Federation of Trade Unions. The longshoremen this morning resumed work on the New York piers. This is the first break in the strike which was begun on September 5. The A.F.L. truckdrivers have voted for a partial resumption of trucking activities which almost brought to a standstill heavy deliveries in New York City since September 1. A separate agreement will have to be made with those employers willing to grant wage increases of 71 dollars weekly and reduce hours to 40 from 44. Union leaders said they believed that other employers would quickly follow suit. The employers’ spokesman, however, said that 90 per cent, of the city’s trucking firms would maintain a united front, determined not to sign individual contracts or grant the wage increases sought by the union. DISCUSSION - ON EGYPTIAN TREATY. . (Rec. 3.5 p.m.) ALEXANDRIA, September 17. It is officially stated that the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty revision delegations. conducted a “long and friendly discussion.” The Egyptian delegates will meet to-morrow to discuss the proposals and statements made by the British representatives. The communique added: “Future discussions between the delegations will be arranged as soon as possible. DOCTOR’S PLEA UPHELD BY MAGISTRATE (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 18. Sustaining counsel’s plea . of autrefois acquit or previous acquittal, Mr. F. F. Reid, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, held that as William Maxwell Manchester had been previously acquitted of the same charge, the court had no power to hear or determine thd present information. Manchester, a medical practitioner, aged 33, last Wednesday appeared on a charge of being intoxicated in charge of a motor-car on August 9. On that occasion, counsel, Mr. T. A. Gresson, put’ forward the special plea of autrefois acquit, holding that Manchester had already been tried for that offence when he appeared before justices of the Peace on the evening of August 10, when the charge was dismissed. . Quoting legal authority, Mr. Reid said he was satisfied that the plea of autrefois acquit should in this case be sustained. BOOKMAKER FINED £2OO FOR FIFTH OFFENCE (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 18. For his fifth offence against the Gaming Act, Walter Sargison, aged 51, was fined £2OO by Mr. F. F. Reid, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court this morning. Sargison admitted a charge of carrying on the business of a bookmaker. Sargison also pleaded guilty to a charge of being intoxicated in chai go of a motor-car. and for this offence he was fined £lO and prohibited from holding a driver’s licence for a yeOl .