SEAMEN’S STRIKE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 December 1924, Page 5

SEAMEN’S STRIKE.

BRIGHTER OUTLOOK. PREMIER’S PLAIN SPEAKING. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COP Y RIGHT MELBOURNE, Dec. 4. The peace negotiations between the shipowners and the Watersiders’ Federation resumed to-day with a more hopeful outlook for a settlement. There is also a brighter prospect of a settlement in the Fremantle dispute, which is in the hands of the' State’s Disputes Committee. The Federal Premier (Mr S. M. Bruce), speaking at Dandenong, described the shipping strike as a national calamity. He said the shipowners were fighting in a relentless, selfish spirit, and would earn universal censure. He also hinted that if the workers did not change their atttiude there would be sweeping changes in the industrial system. Mr Bruce said there were extremists in the ranks of the shipowners and of the seamen and wharf labourers who were prepared to go to any length in order to achieve their own selfish and sectional ends. He appealed to both sections to approach the question in the spirit of compromise. rnl SYDNEY, Dec. 4. Ihe Stewards’ Union agreed to suppiy crew for the Mo.reton Bay unconditionally, and the vessel will sail on Saturday. This decision points to an early cessation of the dispute between the Commonwealth Line’and the unions..