SHIPPING DISPUTE.

Wairarapa Age, 16 December 1924, Page 5

SHIPPING DISPUTE.

COURT ACTION WITHDRAWN.

LABOUR BUREAU’S SURPRISE.

SYDNEY, Dec. 15.—1 n the High Court the overseas shipping companies withdrew their application for an injunction against the strikers. The abolition of the Shipping Labour Bureau came as a complete surprise to the members of the bureau, as they wore shortly applying for the registration of the bureau as a union. A meeting of the members is to be held at the week end to consider tho position.—(P.A.)

.. WYANDRA AND CANBABRA. .. MUST BE MANNED. (Recd. 11.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE , Dec. 15.—1 n the Arbitration Court, Mr Justice Powers adjourned till Monday next the Shipowners ’ application for deletion of the overtime clause of the existing award, stating that unless the Wyandra at Brisbane and the Canberra at Sydney were manned, he woulld have to consider de-registration of the union if such application were made by the owners. Crew will Sail. SYDNEY, Dee. 15.—Following on ceipt of Mr Justice Powers’s decision, the crew of the Canberra decided to take the vessel to sea. PERTH PORT TROUBLES. TUGS NOT AVAILABLE. PERTH, Dec. 15.—The local , seamen’s dispute is still unsettled. When the Orama arrived ffrom England she was unable to enter the harbeur as the tugs were still out of commission. She was compelled to disembark her passengers and mails by launch outside the heads.—(P.A.)