LABOUR WORLD

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1926, Page 5

LABOUR WORLD

To Fight Fascists. BELGIAN LABot'R F()R( F. BRI SSELS,- Eebriiary 23. The Labour Party <‘ir t - (reatiiioWorkers l)efenee Fmee. and ar,-> ar ? pealing for funds to.4fc.ht the Fascist ■SEAMEN PAID (>FE, . AUSTRALIAN COASTAL BOATS. SIDNEY, February 25. A further development in the dis pute between the owners of the eoas lai vessels and their seamen is tha ihe owners have paid off the crews c, five steamers, w lseh will be tied up pending a settlement of th e dispute One steamer, which arrived at : coastal port, where the seamen reins ed to load cargo unless paid the whai labourers’ rates, ha s been recalled 1 Sydney to be tied up. SEAMEN Al L SAIL. AUCKLAND, February 25. In the Norwegian seamen case fw< of the accused \Vaag n and Segeiholr. were sentenced to twenty four hour imprisonment and ordered to be pla ed on board the Hannah Skohlam before she sailed. T iip other nin men were discharged. 'lnc ship sailet for Newcastle at 7.30 to - light. BRUCE IGNORED TRADES HALL. in selecting Labour representative. MELBOITNE. February 25. The officials, of the Trades Hal Colim il arc considerably incensed ove the action of Mr. Bruce Federal Pr< mier) in departing item the procc dunp that lias ’been adopted durinthe past five years, bv requesting t hCommonwealth Council of Federate:" Unions to select, a Labour delegate t attend die International Labour Cor. ference at Geneva. I n previous year >e LaMar C’aunciis were asked to se lent the delegate, whose name \va then submitted for the approval e ihe Government. A meeting of thConneil is convoimil for to-night über th,-’ position will ha discussed.