AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1924, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

tUSTBALUN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. piN'-rrucK policy. SYDNEY, Oct. 21. tatively accepted by tlio intei’-Stnte It is learned tliiil the proposals tenConl’oreuce of Waterside Workers’ Kederation to fight the Shipping Coy’s upon 11io question of the Shipping Labour Bureau are for an invitation policy to lie carried so far that the resulting damage will amount almost to sabotage. Tlic taetis include the complete aholition of overtime.' which will result in cargo on the wharf and in the sling at knocking-olf time being allowed to remain exposed. The goslow tactics will also he adopted. Another proposal i' stated to lie faulty landing and stacking, resulting in cargo being damaged while in transit little of this policy ear. lie carried out in Sydney as far as overseas boats are concerned, as members of the wharf labourers’ union tire employed only casually after the available labour tit the bureau has been exhausted. At other ports the cargo comes directly into the hands of unions.

SUPER-TAX INCREASED. ADELAIDE. October 20. The taxation proposals announced in the Budget speech include an increase in the .super-tax’ from twenty-live per cent to thirty-three and a third poteen t.