QUEENSLAND RELIEVED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19449, 7 November 1925, Page 7

QUEENSLAND RELIEVED

COLLAPSE OF THE STRIKE DUE TO WATERSIDERS MEN RETURNING TO WORK. BRISBANE, Nov. 6. It is officially lannounced by the strike committee that the striking "gritish seamen will return to work to-day. Tho collapse of the strike followed the refusal of the watersiders to assist the seamen. The latter met and took a ballot which resulted in a majority in favour of resumption of work. Tho Rimutaka sailed with a full crew. SYDNEY, Nov. 6. The collapse of the shipping strike in Western Australia and Queensland lias influenced the position in Sydney yesterday, three ships sailing with full crews.

There are also indications of the strike ending in South Australia, where the men are returning to work on the steamers Westmoreland and Balranald. CREWS REJOIN TWO STEAMERS DISPUTE ON THE BARRABOOL. Received November 6, 9.45 p.m. BRISBANE, Nov. 6. The crews of the steamers Autolycus and Runic rejoined their vessels to-day, but a dispute has arisen on the only other held up vessel—the Barrabool—over payment for port work between August 21 and September 18. The agents refuse to guarantee payments, and say the men should wait till they return to England. The men have telegraphed Sydney for instructions. COAL-RUNNING. THE PORT HARDY’S MANOEUVRE. Received November 6, 8.30 p.m. BRISBANE, Nov. 6. The steamer Port Hardy sailed from Bowen with the intention of filling her bunkers with coal from another ship off the coast. The vessel has a nucleus crew composed of five of the original crew and a number of farmers. THE FREMANTLE RIOT SEAMEN BEFORE THE COURT. FINES PAID BY SHIPOWNERS. Received November 6, 8.30 p.m. EREMANTLE, Nov. 6.

The seamen arrested in connection wtih Monday's riot were brought before the Court in batches, and fined £5 each. Exception was made in the cases of two youths under eighteen, who were cautioned. The shipping agents paid the fines to enable the men to rejoin their ship. Police reinforcements have returned to their stations. The waterfront trouble is now normal. RAILWAY CRISIS AT BOWEN LINE DECLARED “BLACK.” FARMERS CONTINUE TO LOAD SUGAR. BRISBANE, Nov. 6. A stop-work meeting of railwaymen at Bowen declared the line there black. Thus until a settlement of the dispute is reached trains will not be allowed to pass Bowen station. It is now feared that a general strike of railwaymen is imminent. Tho Premier in a statement said that so far as the Government was concerned there was one issue and one only—whether the Government was prepared to allow its railway employees to be subject to the dictates and instructions of tho oversea transport strike committee. The farmers are continuing to load sugar into ships at Bowen. Waterside work at Cairns is* also proceeding satisfactorily. The mill workers in Proserpine decided to strike to-day as a protest against the farmers handling sugar at Bowen.

EFFECT ON ARMY MEAT

• CONTRACTS A SERIOUS MATTER. Received November. 6, 8.5 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 5. Australian meat circles are most anxious over the continuation of the shipping strike, particularly as renewal of the Army frozen meat contract is being decided within a few days. The military authorities have already unofficially intimated that they must give serious "attention to the danger of nondeliveries from Australia owing to frequent labour disputes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MAHENO HELD UP FIREMEN JUMP ASHORE. Received November 6. 9.45 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 6. The announcement of the departure of tho Maheno was premature. Trouble developed with the firemen as the vessel was leaving the wharf, and a number of them jumped ashore. The Maheno was towed to an anchorage in Rose Bay.