STRIKE OFF.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 November 1924, Page 5

STRIKE OFF.

SHIPOWNERS WIN. COAL TRIMMERS ’ INSTRUCTIONS. GO BACK TO WORK. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, (Received Nov. 18, 11.55 a.m.) > SYDNEY, Nov. 18. It is stated that the ifeweastle branch of the Coal Trimmers’ Union has received instructions to abandon the overtime strike. It is believed that these orders will be carried into effect to-day. THE WATERSIDE TROUBLE. SYDNEY MEN TO RESUME.

SYDNEY, Nov. 17. The overtime strike on the waterfront, so far as it affects Sydney, has ended.

The secretary of the sea transport group of unions announced that advice has been received from the council of the Waterside Workers’ Federation in Melbourne stating that ft has been decided, in deference to the order of Mr. Justice Powers, to resume overtime with the companies employing union labour.

This means that th© ban is lifted from inter-State steamers, but not from oversea steamers. .It is too late for officials to instruct members to work overtime to-night, but it will be resumed on Tuesday. : The overseas companies work independently of the Watersiders’ Federation, members of which are only employed by them when bureau men are short. The difficulty with overseas steamers in other ports- remains unsolved, as Sydney is the only port possessing a burean. The'position regarding the Ferndale and Moreton Bay is unchanged. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY. EFFECT ON FRENCH SHIPS. PARIS, Nov. 16. The French world is alarmed at a Bill to establish an eight-hour-day for all shipping companies. They protest that this will mean complete ruin unless the Government is prepared to make good the loss. Whereas a British, Norwegian, Italian, or German ship would require fourteen men working twelve hours a day, a French vessel of the same class would require, twenty. •