LABOUR WORLD

Grey River Argus, 12 February 1926, Page 5

LABOUR WORLD

THE DONKEYMAN.

BACK AGAIN. When the steamer Poolta was here! some tune ago, the crew objected to a ; donkeyman, on the score that he nail helped to work a non-union ship in Australia during a strike, but the upshot was that tne vessel saileu, and gut iiu of tne donkeyman on her ariival at Newcastle. \\ hen the Poolta returned minus the man in question, the conclusion was that the end of the matter had been reached, but the donkeyman the other day lurned up again here on the steamer Kiwitea, and the seamen in port were unpleasantly surprised at the fact. They derided to request the man in question to seek a short job, but he has apparently declined their advice, and the position now is stated to be that the Kiwitua’s crew ask the Company to find the donkeyman work ashore, as they object to him for the same reason as the.l’oolta‘s men, who also happen to be here again at the present time, and have recognised their former donkeyman. No doubt the Company, on weighing up the financial considerations, will sec tne payableness of acting on the | •seamen’s suggestion.

STEAMER HELD UP. Dl' N EDIN, Erb. 11. A dispute in the provisioning depart meat of the t’niun Company’s uargi steamer Kahika is responsible for the ship being held up at Dunedin. The trouble arose late un Wednesday afternoon, when the Kahika was about to sail for Napier and Gisborne via way ports. It appears that the chief steward is under instructions tu proceed to ‘Wellington for orders and it is stated that the cooks and stewards objected to his transfer, and refused to sail until he was reinstated. On AV ednesday night the chief and assistant cook, and one or two stewards failed to return to the ship and she was unable to leave her berth in consequence. The position was advanced another stage this morning, when the stokehold crew came ashore, and they had not returned up to this evening. It is stated that there men are acting in sympathy with the chief steward, consc<pientiy the Kahika is still b.dd up indefinitely. THE DEPORT'KfTON POLICY. MELBOCRNE, Februaiy IL In tfie House of Representatives, during the debate on the' second reading of the Crimes Bill. Mr. Charlton, after setting forth the views of the Labour Partv. moved an amendment tha t tli e Bill be withdrawn and redrafted, so as to eliminate obnoxious clauses rc.“erring| to industrial disputes, considering that such clauses are unwarrantable- and an affront to great bodies of organised Laboui. The debate was adjourned.