SHIPPING STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 20 July 1925, Page 9

SHIPPING STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA.

Bright Prospects of Early

Settlement.

INTER-STATE TRADE HAMPERED

By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Sydney “ Sun * ’ Service, Received July 19, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, July 18. Pending Tuesday’s conference, there will be no developments in the shipping strike. The whole of the inter-State trade is now practically at a standstill, but the coastal services are being maintained by free labour.

PREPARED FOR SETTLEMENT. . . STATEMENT BY TRADES . . OFFICIAL. Received July 19, 5.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, July 19. Mr Holloway, secretary of the Trades Hall Council, states that both owners and seamen are prepared for a settlement. He believes that guarantees will be given at Tuesday’s conference, and that the Unionists will make no further trouble. MANNING THE RIVERINA. SUCCESS OF OFFICERS’ TACTICS. Received July 19, 5.5 p.m. HOBART,, July 18. The Riverina sailed for, Sydney five men short. Just before departure, it was discovered that three firemen were missing. Officers and engineers scoured the city and suburbs in motor cabs, searching for the absentees. They found one and took him aboard. Then to prevent the remainder of the crew leaving the ship, the gangway was cut away with an axe, and the officers and stewards cast off the lines, the crew refusing to touch a rope. MANNING VESSELS IN SYDNEY. RESUMPTION OF COASTAL SERVICES ASSURED. SYDNEY, July 18. The restoration of the coastal shipping services is assured as a result of the response received by the shipowners to a call for volunteer crews. Already several coasters have been despatched. The men are all qualified seamen and firemen, most of whom have been out of employment a long time. Some were British seamen, who were forced out of work because the local union refused to allow them to enter the ranks on arrival in Australia.

Loading is being done by the Watersiders’ Federation.

Discussions regarding the possibility of the State Governments running an inter-State line are proceeding. ... j

Mr J. T. Lang stated that Western Australian labour, which was so vitally concerned in shipping matters, was eager for the adoption of the proposal.