DECISION REVERSED

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 41, 27 September 1928, Page 5

DECISION REVERSED

I AMAZING developments. WATERSIDE DISPUTE. BRISBANE, September 26. A.n amazing development of the ■waterside dispute is that a mass meeting of watersiders, whose secret ballot yesterday had decided upon a, return to work, has decided to reverse that decision and to endeavour to induce all ports, all transport unions and the watersiders’ conference on Friday next officially to declare a State-wide strike. MELBOURNE, September 26. A combined maritime, waterside and transport unions’ conference at Melbourne in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Council of Trades Union has agreed that the challenge of the Government that men must register for work i,n the maritime industry should he accepted; r Speakers admitted that the whole mlaritime organisation must noWl’din issue o n this question, which was described as conscription of labour. It was also decided, to test the the constitutionality of the Act.