SHIPPING TROUBLE
THE COMMONWEALTH DISPUTE.
WATERSIDERS AT COMPULSORY
CONFERENCE.
PRESIDENT WARNS MEN AGAINST DIRECT ACTION.
(Received Oct. 31, 8.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 31. •'When the compulsory conference called by the president of the Commonwealth Arbitration Ciurt met today t-a discuss the threatened waterfront- trouble representatives of the waterside unions stated nothing had been decided upon by the unions, who were awaiting the results of meetings in' other places before deciding upon action. No claims had been made o the employers nc-r could they yet tell what the claims would be. They urged that no conference could be held when it was impossible to inform the Court as "to any dispute which was likely to occur.” The president told the parties-that so far as the Court knew of the claims they could be settled by constitutional ineans. He advised them r.ot to attempt to enforce their demands by direct action. The proceedings then closed. — U.P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9851, 1 November 1924, Page 5
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