SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 September 1925, Page 2

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

THE DEPORTATION ACT. WALSH AM) .JOHANSEN SUMMONED. GENERAL STRIKE POSSIDI.E. [Australia &■ N.Z. Cable Association.] SYDNEY. August 31. The action taken on the part of the Federal Oovermnent (in .summoning Walsh and .Johansen before the Deportation Board), together with the subsequent decision reached by the Board will involve the question ol <> general strike. Advices Iron) Melbourne to-day show that the l.almur Council there is following the lead of the Sydney Labour Council, and has recommended all the Inter-State Labour Councils and the State Labour I lovernments to co-oper-atx? in preventing the deportation of any Australian citi/A'ii under the new deportation clauses ot the Immigration Act. PLAN AHA INST DEPORTATION. SYDNEY, August 31. An Inter-State Conlerenee ot the Labour Councils is being .summoned immediately. to outline a plan id campaign against me federal t'ovci'nmeut’s action in putting the Deportation Hill into operation. So far the Orient Company's liners have not been atleeted hv tlie strike. The Ormonde sailed to-dav. without experiencing any trouble. SI'MMONSr.S SERVED. SYDNEY. August 31. A development occurred relative to tiio shipping strike to-day that is liUoly to have a most imortani tearing on the position. Mr loin Mulsh and Mr Jacob .Johansen were each served with a summons, by ullieinl- ot the Customs Department, to appeal 1 before the reeenilly-ereated Deportation Board. Messrs Walsh and Johansen, are to appear before the Deportation Board on Thursday next. AY belt they appeal t hey will lie called upon To show cause whv they should not lie deported. The Secretary of the Sydney Council to-day issued an appeal to all the l nions to assist in tending the fifteen hundred strikers each day. Arrangements have been made at the Railway waiting room to provide the strikers with meals. THE POLICE IULI,. AIELIiOCRNK. August 31. The Labour Senators are continuing their stonewalling tactics in the Senate. They are moving a number ot frivolous amendments, including one by Senator Gardiner to t,be ellect that not more (ban one hundred thousand of the proposed peace oliicers shall he appointed. Another amendment was that the expenditure should not exceed do milieus sterling. The Bill is being strenuously dchaled. Divisions are being called Par on e:uT, clause. REPORTS FROM BRITAIN. LONDON. August 30. Reports from provincial ports show that ships are sailing normally. Certain anxiety was fell regarding Belfast, lint it. was allayed by a message from the Seamen’s l*nion represenTative there stating all the ship* had signed on full crows. There was some opposition. but. the situation was now well ill band. IN sunn AFRICA. CAPETOWN. August 30. The Premier of South Africa. General I lert/.og. lias cabled the English .Seamen’s I'nioii as lollows: "The action taken by the crews ol certain British ships in South African ports, in refusing duly, was entirely of then' own volition. The Soul I. African Seamen's l Alien i> a very small organisation. There is no indication that it, has interfered. The action taken is probably the direct result ol what lias happened in Australia, hut the alar,, Is used in Australia could not lie used as far as the South Airman vei'iiiuenl's ships are (uncoined. .i> t n lnlfs nt p:iy an* «nui are not being reduced. General Itert/.og adds : "As desired, ovew protect ion possible will !»• given to crews wishing to carry out the contra et.” I’IiSITION IN CANADA. I.ONDON. August 31. Mr Havelock Wilson cabling f mm Quebec says: “Tho maritime position in Canada is in entire accord with that ill Britain ” TCRAICIXA’S CREW COMES OUT. WELLINGTON. Aug. 31. ’Hie crew of the New /ealand Shipping Co’s liner Turakina have joined tile strikers, thin making the fourth oversea liner idle at A\ ellington. .Lite Ai'inva. Tainui. and J-oitrim are at present in the stream, and tho Tura11na will proceed there as soon as loadmg is completed. MR. LANG’S POSITION. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 1. The intention of Mr Lang to reins, to allow State instrumentalities to hi Used for ally prosecutions under til Deportations Bill is stated to elasl with tho Commonwealth constitution, one section of which rules that everj I State must make provision for the do tention in prison of persons accused oi convicted of oll'eoees against the law of tho Commonwealth and for the punishment of such persons. .MORE CREWS OFT. SYDNEY, September f. The steamers Hurunui and Port -MaeQuai lie are the latest additions C the idle licet. Roth crews are joining the strikers. POLICE BILL PASSED. A! EI,BOURNE, September 1. The Senate by frequent applications of the closure read a third time the Police Mill. The House divided forty times on tit*, tinal stages oi the hill. SEAMEN’S SYMPATHY APPEAL. CAPETOWN. August 30. A meeting of seamen resolved to stand fast, sink or swim, and appealed for the sympathy of the public.