COOKS’ STRIKE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 June 1928, Page 9

COOKS’ STRIKE

LATE EDITION

GOVERNMENT’S INTENTIONS. EXPLAINED BY MR. BRUCE. PROTECTION FOR VOLUNTEERS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIAXTON—BV ELECTRIC TELr.GKAP.ii—LUX 1 iiiUllX.; (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received. 10.55 a.m. to-day. CANBERRA, June 9. To amplify the Uoveinment’s proclaruation, the lit. Hon. &. M. Brace, iu a, statement in the House of Representatives, said that the Government had been reluctant to take action to sett lei tiie cooks' strike, as it appeared day by day that the parties would hud a peaceful way out. The present position, however, could not be allowed to continue. The Government must use the powers which Parliament had entrusted to it to restore shipping services at the earliest moment. The proclamation would be gazetted to-day, and any person interfering thereafter with the re-establishment of the coastal service would be arrested.

Mr. Bruce read a telegram, a copy of which had been sent to all Premiers, calling upon them to co-operate and afford protection to volunteer* seafarers and otherwise helping to restore' the shipping services. Another telegram had been sent to the shipowners' advising them of the Government’s intention of calling upon them to take steps to man the idle vessels. The shipowners had, replied complying with the request. ■Mr. Scullin, leader of the .Federal Opposition, regretted Mr. Bruce’s action, and doubted -whether all po.sisible means had been exhausted to settle the strike. Mr. Scullin disapproved of the cooks’ attitude in declining the authority of the Trades Union Council to' intervene on their behalf.

COOKS IN BRISBANE.

WILLING TO RESUME ON OLD TERMS. Received 11.15 a.m. to-day. BRISBANE, June 9. The cooks have advised Mr. Tudhope (their secretary) that they are willing to resume on the old conditions. If no reply is received from Mr. Tudhope. before Monday they have decided to offer themselves for re-employment. LABOUR PARTY’S PROTEST. AT GOVERNMENT’S INTERVENTION. Received 11.10 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, June 9. The Australian Labour Party’s Sydney branch executive earned a resolution of strong protest against “the calling into action the armed forces of the Commonwealth and the State for the protection of scab labour.”