LABOUR MATTERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17657, 21 June 1919, Page 9

LABOUR MATTERS

AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN'S STRIKE. TRADES HALL PROPOSALS REJECTED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, June 20. Mr Watt, Acting Prime Minister, has rejected the Melbourne Trades Hall proposals for a settlement of the seamen's strike. He declined to indicate the nature of those proposals. MOERAKI'S DEPARTURE DELAYED SYDNEY, June 20. rhe Moeraki, with stranded New Zealanders, has had to delay her departure, being unable to secure a crew. STRANDED NEW ZEALANDERS. NEGOTIATIONS FOR RETURN. SYDNEY, June 20. (Received June 20, at 10.30 p.m.) •7u ra . nde i New Zeal anders negotiated with yhe Seamen's Union with a view to manning the Moeraki. The seamen agreed provided only stranded New Zealanders necessitous cases, and soldiers are carried' and that the Union Steam Ship Company agrees to bring the crew back to Sydney Inquiries here failed to elicit the company's intentions. SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN QUEENSLAND. . BRISBANE, June 20 Serious/ shortage of food exists at northern ports as a result of. the seamen's strike, ihe police in several towns are issuing flour rations. t , AUSTRALIAN LABOUR CONFERENCE. T , T , . SYDNEY, June 20. Ihe Labour Conference resolved that the abolition of the Federal Senate be included in the platform of the party (Received June 20, at 10.30 p.m.) ihe Labour Conference resolved not to readmit any member of Parliament who had been expelled previously for advocating conscription under any pretext. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR. POLITICAL PARTY PROPOSAL REJECTED. _ NEWYORK, June 19.' The American Federation of Labour rejected a proposal to iorm a political party It adopted a reconstruction programme providing for a higher standard of living throughout industry.—A. and N.Z Cable!