AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20400, 5 May 1928, Page 11

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

NEWSPRINT INDUSTRY. SITE FIXED AT BURNIE. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) , HOART, ay 4. The Premier (Mr J. A. Lyons) announces that the site for the wood pulp and newsprint industry had been fixed at Burnie. The first section of the works is estimated to cost £1,000,000. The venture is receiving support from all the principal Australian newspapers. Mr Gerald Mussen, who takes control, is going to London to make final arrangements. —Australian Press Association. SALE OF COMMONWEALTH LINE. CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED. CANBERRA, May 4. Mr Scullin’s censure motion in the House of Representatives condemning the Bruce Government for selling the Commonwealth ships was defeated by 36 votes to 21. Dr Earl Page (treasurer) declared that the seamen had ruined the opportunities of making the vessels successful. There were 27 waterside disputes _in 1927, involving 27,620 men, representing a loss of 161,580 working days and £128,900 in wages.—Australian Press Association.

SIX DESTROYERS LAID UP. FINE WAR SERVICE RECORDS. SYDNEY, May 4. Six destroyers belonging to the Australian fleet have been laid up and placed on the permanent reserve list. Each ship has a fine war service record. The Parramatta and the Yarra were commissioned in 1910, the Warego in 1911, the Hame in 1914, and the Swan and Torrens in 1915.—Australian Press Association. THE COOKS’ DISPUTE. NO SIGN OF SETTLEMENT. SYDNEY, May 4. Latest details show that at the cooks’ meeting the Ulimaroa’s cooks announced that they would not resume work unless extra men were provided in the galley. This decision received endorsement by the cooks employed by the other HuddartParker vessels. Mr W. Appleton, chairman of the Huddart-Parker Line, states that this company will not attempt to recommission the idle vessels with non-union labour until Monday or Tuesday. MARINE COOKS’ AWARD. SUSPENSION ORDERED. MELBOURNE, May 4. (Received May 4, at 10 p.m.) At the Federal Arbitration Court, Mr Justice Dethbridge suspended the marine cooks’ award as from midnight to-night. The hearing of the case lasted just over one minute, a representative of the Commonwealth Ship Owners’ Association stating that the position was unchanged, and asking the court to give effect to the warning previously given. Mr Justice Dethbridge, in delivering judgment, said: “It is manifest that the union and the members are still indulging in direct action, and my order suspending the award must operate as from midnight.”—Australian Press Association.