RETURNING TO WORK

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 286, 6 November 1925, Page 7

RETURNING TO WORK

STRIKE COLLAPSING. WATERS IDERS WILL NOT ASSIST SEAMEN. (By Eloctric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received November 6, 10.5 a.m. ’ BRISBANE, Nov. 6. It is officially announced by the strike committee that the striking British seamen will return to work today. The collapse of the strike followed the refusal of the wat.ersiders 7 o assist tho seamen. The latter met and to.'k a ballot, which resulted in a majoiity in favour of a resumption of work Tho Rimutnka sailed with a full crew. —Press Association. POSITION IN SYDNEY. INFLUENCED BY COLLAPSE ELSEWHERE. Received November 6, 10.40 a.m. SYDNEY. Nov. 6. Tho collapse of the shipping strike in AVest Australia and Queensland influenced the position in Sydney yesterday, three ships sailing with lull crews. There are also indications that t.ln strike is ending in South Australia, where the men are returning ‘to work on the steamers West more land and Balranald.—Press Ass jcia' ion. PREDICTION IN SYDNEY. END OF TROUBLE COMING SOON. SYDNEY, Nov. 4. The crow of the oversea steamer Elsiston lias joined the strikers. A prediction in industrial circles is that the strike will end soon after the Federal elections and that ships held up will be manned and taken to England. The steamers Port Alacquarie and Port Denison sailed to-day.—Press Association. LOADING THE SHIPS. FARAIERS CONTINUE THE WORK. Received November 6, 10.5 a.in. BRISBANE, Nov. G. The farmers are continuing to load the sugar ships at Bowen, and viaiorsidc work at Cairns is also proceeding satisfactorily. The mill workers in Proserpine decided to strike to- 1 ly as a protest against the farmers handling sugar at Bowen.—Press Association. RAILWAYM EN ON STRIKE. DECLARE A LINE “BLACK.” Received November 6, 10.5 a.m. BRISBANE, Nov. 6. A stop-work meeting of railwayman at Bowen declared the line there “black.” Thus, until a settlement of tlie dispute is reached, trains will not ho allowed to pass the Bowen station. It is now feared that a general strike of .vaihvaymen is imminent.

Die Premier, in a statement, said that so far as the Government was concerned there was one issue, an 1 one only, and that was whether !ne Government was prepared to allow rs railway employees to he subject 10 the dictates and instructions or an oversea transport strike commiree --Biess Association.

WATERSIDERS’ DECISION. FAR-REACHING. EFFECT. MELBOURNE, Nov. 4. The management committee of the Watersiders’ Federation has decided there will bo no hold-up of cargoes inward or outward by the watersiders except in cases where the engineers’ in | place of seamen supply steam. This policy will have a far-reaching effect and several vessels that at present are “black” will be declared “white.”— Press Association. PILOT FOR THE ORSOVA. SIGN IFICANT DEVELOPMENT. PERTH. Nov. 4. A significant development of the shipping strike in Fremantle is that the pilot launch, manned by Australian seamen, put off to tho Orsova and landed the pilot, who took her to anchorage. Hitherto the pilot crew has refused such service in the caso of hold-up ships. ■ An Australian seamen's meeting passed a vote of- no-confidence in Mr Houghton, who is alleged to have been the instigator of most of the trouble on tho waterfront recently. A feature of the meeting was tho announcement by the Karoola’s seamen that Mr Houghton had received a message from tho eastern States, advising him in no circumstances to permit the lvaroola to bo held up and that the message was suppressed by him. When taxed on the matter, Mr Houghton’s excuse was that he had put the wire in his pocket unread and forgot about it. About 100 seamen of tho Orsova alter agreeing to resume duty unexpectedly left the vessel.

The authorities are now determined to cause the removal of hold-up vessels; and in tho event of the captain refusing to leave the wharf, all police protection will be withdrawn. —Press Association.

PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND. REPUDIATELMSY UNIONISTS. BRISBANE, Nov. 4. Tho Queensland Trades and Labour Council carried a motion repudiating the Premier, Mr McCormack, considering lie is not a fit and proper person to continue in office in view of the anti-working class attitude adopted by him during the present snipping strike.—Press Association.