REGARDED AS SERIOUS.

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REGARDED AS SERIOUS.

STRIKE m MELBOURNE. THE OVERTIME QUESTION. SHIPPING DISORGANISED. ■By Telegraph-Press AißticKttion-GoDSTfziil Melbourne, February 6. /She stevedores loading the deep-sea ■slßpThivvc coiiimeiiccd a strike against overtime, hut the wh.ar.fmon. will contifluo working ovcr■ti■mo■ till Monday usst. Tho initial steps are being tnkeii ■to-'' wafcls a compulsory conference. There is a,great quantity of wheat on ■tho wharves awai'tmg shipment. It is feared that shipments of froiseii meat, will bo- stopped in. a few day's,, . outlook is regarded as very' serfe'ua. . POSITION IN SYDKEI.: Sydney, February G. It is anticipated- that ttHvigb't'e meet* ing of tfhn.rfme.ii will .adopt a policy rcco.mmen.cTe3 by tho Watosido workers'Federation, namely, iiat to Work over' time in future, its tlio employers firmly maintain, thpir a'tt>ti.Kfe of refusing tho demands for increased rates\ Serious disorgaiVisatiori of tho ■shinpif/g appears jnovitabioj Rot only in $yqn.cy,_ but all the ports whefo tho jVikraiion's uka.so tuiis. The wharfnion 'contend that it is u.ttf air that the shipowners should .expect them to be always available., and yet riot . average more than 355;. Veckly through* out the yaar. They declare that many get no Wore tlvait twenty hows' worka week; and at least twenty per ceftt. less than, fifteen hours.