SHIPPING STRIKE

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 November 1925, Page 5

SHIPPING STRIKE

CONFERENCE UNSUCCESSFUL. INTIMIDATION NECESSARY. TO* PREVENT MEN REJOINING. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received Nov. 25, 11.25 a.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 25. The steamer Comma], , which was declared “black” by the AVatersiders Federation, is being unloaded by the Casual Watersiders Union. Following the seamen’s rejection of the owners’ offer, the conference has been abandoned in the meantime. Strikers’ numbers are daily grooving smaller and only by intimdation are men being kept on strike. STRIKERS’ LAST HOPE FAILS. EARLY COLLAPSE EXPECTED. Received Nov. 25 11.25 a.m. MELBOURNE, Nov. 20. The Australian seamen’s stop-work meeting decided to discontinue payments to assist the Brtiish seamen at an early date, as the strike has already collapsed at two ports and is practically ended. The efforts of the strikers to embroil the crew of the steamer Demosthenes in the strike proved abortive, the firemen deciding to remain loyal and to take the ships to sea to-day. This was i*ie of the strikers’ last hopes of continuing the dispute, which it is expected will now shortly collapse.

CONFERENCE CONTINUES. NO SETTLEMENT YET. SYDNEY, Nov. 24. The conference of strikers and owners again adjourned after a two hours discussion without a .settlement being reached.