SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1925, Page 2

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

[Australia &■ N.Z. Cable Association.]

TDK DKPOKTATION BOARD. SYDNKY. September A

The Court and it- precincts were crowded to-day when the Deportation Hoard opened it- proceedings again-! Tom Walsh and Jacob John-on which i- the hitter's name and not Johann-e.i as previously cabled as it i- the name appearing on the summonses.

The two men were cheered as they made their way through the crowds. The summonses -et out that the authorities were sati-lieil that Walsh and Job ti- 1 in were ii"t hnrtl ill Australia. and they had been concerned in Australia in acts directed tnwardhindcritig. to the prejudice ot ti.e public. the trail-port of goods ami the coin eyanee of pas-angers Irnm other countries and state-: am! that theii preseine m Au-tralia would he imperious to peace, order ami good Dovern ment. in respect to which the ( ommonweuhh Barliament has powei’s to make laws. They were summoned to show cause why they should not he deported. Mr Watt i- leading counsel for Walsh and Johnson. Hi- said that he had been instructed to appear under protest, and also hv duress, at the threat- made in the summon- against his clients. He then raised and argued the ipiestion at length -that the Deportation Act wa- itsell uiumi-lit utional. and that this Board had no judicial power,— that il had -imply certain statutory powers: that ii- oliicor had transgressed the law Ip publicly resiling the defamatory and lainh rnus siateliieiHs contained in the -'.no

Mr Watt deelareil n wa- highly improper lor the ( 1-own to he represented by foil 11 so I. because the ( row n could not he both advocate and adjudicator. He would advise his clients not jo answer any question asked by the Crown counsel. They should answer the questions asked liv the Hoard, hut should re lil so to answer those asked by the Crown counsel. Doctor Kvatt supported Mr Watt s contentions. Mr Lamb opened for the Crown. Ho argued that the Act and the proceedings were const ii iitional and that in the public inlciv-t it was necessary that, the community should lie represented. He appeared for eonslitutiona law and for the benefit of the great eoniniunity which was represented by the ( Town. After considering the questions raised hv Mr Watt, the Deportation Board announced it- decision that the eoun-e! representing tlie Crown had the light in he present, and to appear in the capacity It" sought. Mr Walt then submitted that, in view of the Board's decisions, it should invite a representative of the State of New South Wall's to bo present, atlie Board wa- inquiring whether two New- South Wale- eiti.-.elis should lit deprived of their citizenship. ■| ho Hoard then adjourned till Tiles, dav. with a proviso that, il any of the witnesses required should lie ordered to sail before that date, the Board would reassemble. SCKXK IN ASS KM BIN'. SYDNKY. September A. A scene in the Assembly preceded the a, 11111111 ! ei ■i m ■ 1 11 of A t torney-Donora: a. oTierna id- revocation of his retainei in the AY a Ish—lohnscn ease. .or Hoskins raised the question ol whether, in accept ing a bricl. he had not commit ted a breach of the oath Inhad taken a- A! |.irncy-(miioral. 11, asked if the I',rentier endorsed Mr MoTiernan’s action.) . he I’remiOT, M r l.ang. -aid t hat il was not unii-ua! for aii Attorney-Cell-era I to ap| car in ( i>ui t. Mr Baeiii (an ex-At liirney-(lenera I: denied that there wa- any precedent to siieli an action, saying it had novel been done in ally civilised eniinirv. M r Mi Tiernan explained . amid eon -ulerabie inleri not mu. I lull lie had ae eepied the brief alter earelnl consideratinil. He was eon vi need that it ilit not conflict with his duties as Attorney-( teiiera I. Il was wrong to say Mess I- Walsh and Johnson were guilty of any eiime. The Deportation Board, he pointed out. was not a Court at all. Ili- attitude, therefore, was perfectly correct, and enlist it lit iona I.

The Premier of N.S.W.. Alt' Lang, has telegraphed to all th>‘ Mates in viling their eo-opetation in testing; tin validity of the Federal Government'!' actioit in appointin'; a Deportation lioii rd. The Clew "I Lite steamer Alin, at Neweastle. have struck. This is the li r-t ship a (fueled at Xeveast le. A It lin I opportunity lor the striking seamen to retiint to work nils given h\ the Oversea Shipping Representatives Association, in which it was staled that tne owners desire to notify tin strikers that the allotments to all men not returning to wotk hy noon on Friday will he stopped. NEW ZEALAND SEA A TEN. WELLINGTON. September 3. ’ It is stall'll that at a stop-work meeting to-ilav the Wellington seatiiet. decided to strike a levy of ten shillings per month, and it is stated that tltiwill lie used to assist the members ol the overseas steamers now on strike in the Dominion. The local men rejected with scorn t he olfer of Ihe mt tiers. At the meet ill", strong. language was ii-od. cotidi'tnnalory ot Wilson's aetioit. the speaker- belli; loudly apphiliilcil. TFRAKINA AT AN; lIOIL WELLINGTON. S.-ptcmher .'I. Ihe New Zealand Shipping Coy's Titrakina. which the seamen left on .Monday, has completed her loading at Wellington. and movi'd to auehorngo in Ihe -i iv.iin to-day. POSITION IN BRITAIN. PLENTY LABOUR OFFERING. I.ONDON. Si'jit. :i. The Seamen's Cnioii has issued official report- showing the position at chief ports, the followin'; st a tomeiit s arc typical of. which: "Gin'.;nw. Rarry and Catiliil' I'nioii men arc asking to he -fill to other ports to man ships," ‘’.Burrow Tw on tv a tipi ica it i - for everv vat■aiicv." "SnuihaliipMn The llerongal'in stoned on her old etew directly -ho arid ved Tile depart tire of the Majestic i- expected materially to itiHueme the posit ini heft'. I.lnvd, list s.tvs : "The Riako lutI the hulk ot a crew, and -Inis expect I'd p, -ail to-morrow moripno. There was more extensive picket ini' at l.ivi't pool. w here ex-Aliiiistef Shinwell i-. 1 ,fo;: 11 i -1 -c for ilc' Al ini"' Workers' Enion. hut ship- were lteld tip. Tl:,- M.-onatie. Ci'diic and Gannaiiia are -ianitio mi hands -lowly. The sltippiiti' otlifial- state that men are pniiriti; in fiom other ports !■ 1 tin- purpose

i t siotnnt: oil. The .Majestic -'til".| from S.iu’hamptt.li III! srliedllh'd time. Two hutiill'i'i! ha la Is iit'-tlv ex-iervicemeti. wi-re taken aboard iiy latntih fiom I’ort-ttniiit h. where they were re.-rtiiteil dnritto the nioht. A strotio iletai'linient of |»Ii• .* was at Southampton, hut theic wti- no tlisordef. Despite tlie activity of pickets at TT til I. to-day. tin* ttnod'n ia I strike of seaman s..,>ms to he fi/zlitie "lit. The Wilson liner Albania secured a erew for the Afediterntneau voya>fe. The Southampton crews of the Southern Railway Company's cross-Channel steamers from Southampton have given notice of withdrawn! It is notewor-

thy that four vessels tiro due to cross this evening. According to the headquarters of tfio Seamen's ITiioii. I hero is not the sliglite-t iiope of the Amalgamated Marine Workers' t'nion carrying out its bond to provide strike pay and send in,nice abroad. Iliev stale its latest balance -beets -how- that ihc Knion has lost OQO since it was formed t.hree years ago. and that its present resources amount to only L'l‘J.-VJ7.

The Daily Telegraph" interviewed Mr Cuthben l aw- (Dem-ral Manager of the Shipping Kederation) who said, ‘•-fhe -ii mu nut is almo.-t normal. It is not a sailors’ strike so imn-li as the lir.-t I'-limit of the Communists' offensive against the exsiting social and in-du-t rial order. 1 only ho[)e that the public and the Covornmont. are taking note, heeaii.se, if. by any chance, this agitation is siiecosstiil. the next stop wdl lie its exton-inn to other indus-

trics. The ship owners’ organisation is sufficient- ti meet the onslaught, hut other industries are not so organised. Had the situation Leon dilfereiit, tkg*»agit ators might have different. the"--. suece-s from which there would have been repercussion t iiroughout. the entire industrial world." Replying to Mr Havelock Wilson's attack.' Mr «hi.iitvell says that he infinitely prefers to he associated with men of any political coinin’ in the efforts to assist the seamen to obtain just and generous treatment rather than he associated with "a notorious anti-labour react ionary like Wilson." "But 1 have never been red in the sense of being a Communist.” Mr -illinwell savs. adding that he is quite .satisfied with tlid Strike developments at. Liverpool.

iKKYTII DOCKYARDS TO C’LOSF. LONDON. Sept. i2. TI:" Admiralty announces that, in piir-uan't •• cf the Dovernmeiit’s poliey ,-f H aval eeonomv. the dockyards at Ri'-vth, I’emhroke. are being closed down at the end of the financial year. The budding and plant will U- maintained. enabling the re-opening of the yard in ease ol need. I.Aliuri! K.XKCLTIYK’S BROTKST. (Received ibis day at S a.md SYDNKY, September 4. The Kedoral ’executive ot the Australian |.ahour Party passed a resolution protesting against me proposal to deport certain citizen- of the Commonwealth and appealed lo the organised workers mu to permit themselves to bo stampeded into a great industrial upheaval. The* oxoi'iitivo also dooitlctl to communieate with all countries surrounding tlie Vaeiiie with the object of convening a Paii-I’acihe Congress, representative of the organised workers and mhor industrial bodies interested in tlie ii iai it ton an • v of peace in tlie I ai t—|lie Congress to fie held at Honolulu in November. IR2C. I I11!FAT OK RROSKCtTIUX. sYDNKY. September 1. Cl-.,, tiver-i.i shipping ReprcscntaIne- \ --iieiat ion anmiunees that if the -t riUer.- il.t not roMone by Friday tliev „ ;|| t„. ;,roseeiited in aecordanee with tin- pro\ i-ious o! the Merebant Sltiptiing Act.