AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19252, 16 August 1924, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

FORDSDALES DISPUTE SETTLED. UNION ABANDONS JOB CONTROL. Pim Association—By Tetegnipb—Copyritht. SYDNEY. August 15. The Fordsdale trouble was settled at a Conference between the transport group of unions and the management of the Commonwealth Line and the crew itself. It was agreed that the Commonwealth Line should not engage any of the crew that had been paid off and suspended by the union, the case of the crow to be considered at a special meeting- of the Seamen’s Union within a week. The Seamen’s Union agreed that it would abandon ita job control policy in regard to the Commonwealth Line, leaving it open to the management to engage a crew from the union, excluding the suspended members.

. GLENELG BY-ELECTION. M3ELBOUENE, August 14. The Gleneig by-election resulted in Mr E. E. Bond (Labour) receiving 4053 votes and Mr H. V. M‘Leod (Conservative Nationalist) 3193 votes.

For the by-election to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly created by the death of Mr W. Thomas two candidates were nominated—Messrs H. Y. M'Leod (Con. Nationalist), who contested the last election against the late Mr Thomas, and Mr E. E. Bond (Labour), who is a son-in-law of the late member. In thus straight-out contest (the members of the Conservative Nationalist party were confident that Mr M'Leod would be the victor. Just as confident of Success were the supporters of Mr Bond. Neither party left anything to chance, and strong electioneering teams took part in the campaign. STREET FIGHT BETWEEN “PUSHES.' ’ MELBOURNE, August 15. The lawlessness of gangs of larrikins in the Fitzroy and Collingwood districts for some time past culminated in a pitched battle between two “pushes,” in which revolvers were used. The whole district is terrorised, and the residents are afraid to leave their homes after dark. SEGEEGATION OF THE UNFIT. MELBOURNE, August lb. The Chief Secretary (Mr T. Tunnicliffe) says that the State Government will seek legislative authority to segregate at a new institute at Janefield certain types of deficients and perverts, who, though not convicted, are potential criminals. It is intended to begin on farm colony lines by the erection of a building to contain 200 persons who will be drawn initially from mentally deficient adolescents of both sexes under the car© of the State. The initial outlay will be £35,000. THE REDUCED,, CABLE CHARGES. MELBOURNE, August 15. (Received August 15, at 5.5 p.m.) A portion of the proposed reduction in the cable charges is represented by the Australian Government abandoning its proportion of the terminal charge of 'SJ per word upon private messages.' JOINERY WORKS DESTROYED. BRISBANE, August 15. Fire destroyed the joinery works of Messrs John Storrie Ltd. The damage is estimated at £20,000.