AN UGLY TURN

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 November 1924, Page 5

AN UGLY TURN

STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA

FRAOAS ON THE WHARVES.

POLICE AID INVOKED

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SYDNEY, Nov. 23. . Voubie between the shipping bureau and the union wharf labourers resulted in a serious fracas on the Woolioomooloo- wharves on Saturday. A crowd of unionists, including many women and children, waited for the bureau men when they finished work on the steamers Oroades and Port William. iwo* .gangs jioiued forces marching down the street, and were greeted with cries of “scab/’ and “blackleg;” Women took a prominent part and some missiles- were thrown. Ten policemen only were present and did their best to keep order, but they were quickly overpowered. A general mix-up followed; in which hundreds took part. Dozens of persons were knocked down and kicked, and it was not- until strong reinforcements of police arrived anil charged the mob, driving the -assailants off, that peace was restored. Three men were arrested on a charge of riotous behaviour and assault. BRISBANE, Nov 22. The Overseas Shipping Association ha-s filed in the State! Arbitration Court an application for the re-regis-tration of. the Brisbane branch of the Waterside., Workers’ Federation.

The Overseas companies state that the step is being taken owing to the action of the union in breaking the award by refusing to work overtime. The inter-State -shipping companies are not parties to the -application. SYDNEY, Nov. 23. A compulsory conference of the par-> ties to the wa-tersider dispute proved abortive. The federation representative offered -immediately to . work the Majola of the Peninsular , Company would give a guarantee of preference to member® of the federation in Sydney. This was refused. Mr. Justice Powers then referred the dispute to the court. The Wharf Labourers’ Federation decided that all ships of the Commonwealth Line should be exempted from the overtime strike, in view of the line having always employed union labour only in Sydney. The Volumnia afid the Clanmonroe are held up in Fremantle owing to the demand of the crews for Australian rates while -the steamers are in Australian waters. The vessels will remain black owing to the refusal of the owners to concede higher rates. " LONDON, Nov. 22. The Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union censured the strikers in the Yo-lum-ni-a’e crew. They must adhere to the British articles, under which they signed on.. Otherwise they are liable to imprisonment.