"A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN 24 HOURS"

Chronicle (Levin), 9 January 1947, Page 5

"A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN 24 HOURS"

Press Association

By Telegraph—

AUCKLAND. Jan. 8. "While the presidenl of the union (Mr. ii. Barnesj appeared ti) be contfnuing to ma rshal his forces l'or a "sbowdown" the Auckland watersiderjs worked under norrnal conditions hetween * a.m. and 5 p.m. today and they again refusod overtime. The manager oL' oue shipping eompany said the men loadiug i'rozeii eargo into oue oi' the slupx worked better than they liad cione ior scveral davs. Two messages which eaused apparent gratificat'ion to Mr. ilarnes were received by the union. The tirst was I'rom the Federal Council oi' the Australian waterside workers and stated fhat any ship declared "black" on the New Zealand coast wonld !j. "Jii be worked in any Australian poi-t. The seeond message was \ i'rom the Northern Miners' Urnon, and Mr. Barnes said it stated: "The Northern Miners' Union does not associate itsell' with the decision attributed to the United Mine Workers and the Federatton oi' Labour in the broadeast oi' the watert'ront dispute on Monday i-vcning. The Noi'thern Miners' Union invites representatives oi' ihe Federal ion of Labour and Waterside Workers' Union to address its members a1 a mass meeting to be held at Huntly on Simday. January 12. In Ihe event oi' dologatos I'rorn botli sides being unable to attend we requcst both sides to submil a written rcport. Blease advise. — Marry llall, secretarv. .Mr. Barnes said that the waterside workers wonld send spcakers to the rneeting. The usual nionthly stopwork meeting of the Auckland union will be held lomorrow, .Mr. Bamos said. It wonld be the norma! meeling. When i'1 was suggesled to him that it appeared unbkely ihaf there wonld be any major developments unlil the meeling of the national council oi' the union in Wellington on Tuesdav, Mr. Barnes stniled, but Ihe secretarv oi' the Auckland union (Mr. TL ,Joiies) who was with him said: "A lot can happen in 24 hours."