SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1925, Page 2

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] STRIKE ITEMS. MELBOURNE. Sept. 13. A Seamen’s t nidi official stated that he ha- received a letter from Tom W.il-li. opposing the declaration of a general strike as a protest against deport at ion. Mr Walsh wrote: “This i- a Deportation Board. Me can expect nothing hut deportations. • SYDNEV. Sept. 1:1. A number ni mere strikers have' been arre-ted. all going to gaol i|iiietly. S. far lOlt! warrants have been issued. The shipowners deny that any proposal for a settlement has been made to tlie seamen, staling that the owner- are not prepared to eompro-mi-o in any way. They only sav the conditions in which the dispute nitty he settled are the unconditional return of the nn n to work.

At a meeting >J the I rrides Hall Council, the Communists' controlling bodv put forward a plan with the idea of forcing a general strike on the deportation issue, the keystone ol such movement being that the watersidershould immediately embark on an overtime strike.

The water-alert-. however, decided that they were convinced that the Trade- Hall Council had deliberately decided to pul the olio- m the light on the watersidet's at the behest of the seamen. Mr .1 nek Garden and others stated tPat they were preimrcd to tight, against deportation, hut they would Pi, ;it their own time ami in their ~wu way. and would tight with their <>u u met lewis. There are now two distinct sections of the Trades Hall Council, one of which includes some political leaders. This section lelieved that i! negotiations were now opened, the shipowners might renew their offer to allow the seamen to resume without punishment or logging. "I he other section, composed mainly of ('omiuiiiii.'t-. L opposed to a Settlement, and lavoitrs a general irritation strike and a waierlront stoppage. WELLINGTON. Sept. BL The Ruahine sailed on Saturday fo; Auckland with her original crew. LONDON. Sept. 12. It is officially stated at Bristol that the seamen who have rclnsed to work at the reduced rate of pay are ineli.rilje to draw the unemployment benefit. Seamen’s labour is reported io Ik' plentiful at the Bristol ( liatmel ports. The strike has not extended to Glasgow so .far. CAREToM'N. Kept. 12. The captain of the Soplioele- ordered all the strikers off Ids ship. Ihe men obeyed. A dramatic .strike incident occurred at. Durban when Captain Churchill, of the Essex Envoy intimated that ho was going to take the ship to sea. After the men once more refused to go to -ea. the officer- and engineers got up -team. The strikers made a rti-lt to nut the lire- out. The captain held them off with a revolver. Mliett the Vorv-el began to move 1 lie ne n rushed to the dmk and jumped into a tug. The vessel passed out of the harbour entrance and then nm-hered outside. Seventy summon.-os have been issue I against seamen striker- here. The men are .organising a proee.-sioit to the ( nun a- a demons! ration, with a view of eliciting public sympathy in the collection of fund-. CHRISTCHURCH' Kept. i:L Air J. Hunter has been retained as counsel for the members of the Hornrut a’r crew, who will appear at Lyttelton Court on Wednesday. I.NDI ATKINS UN K \TFRDAY. SYDNEY. September 12. Rending tli,.' execution of the warrants issued again-! I lie -inkers no progress ha- hecii made toward- a -ettlemeiti "i t l.c ->' ike. dueled in ihe -i ream l.\ members o! the Y\ nlersider- Federation on at least one ol the idle ve-.-els. This is taken as an indication that the -migglc will not ia-t much longer. BRISBANE. September lx. The iuler-Niate Shipping Companies have decided, under protest to establish tlie rotary system ol employ mein 11 j watersiders at sc'.cral parts where the matter is in dispute, pending Arbitration Court proceedings.

•iA MS MF FT INC'S FLTIMATFM. MFLIidl RNK. September FI. At a mass meeting of strikers it win ilecided that lhe imprisonment ot the seamen had -t lengthened tin resolution oi Ihe men. who were more determined than ever. It was derided to nut ily the owners that n the demands of the strikers were not granted !jv the Iblb of September a demand for Australian cumlilinlis ami rate- ol pav would he made. The meeting also decided to call out the crews ol all British slops visiting .Me! I mu rne, ON THF. BOAI) I'D HC IN. (Received this dav at 8 a.m.i LONDON. Sept. LI. Sir deorge Hunter, head of the Swan and Hunter Wigain Shipbuilding linn, iia- written in Mr Baldwin, suggesting an iiiij'.nrt mt.i the coal mining industry is not ciiutigi,. The pre.-ent situation demands an immediate ami comprehensive inquiry into the ccon-unii position ol' the whole country's industries. The future ol tie- Bririsli Ktupirc is at stake. Shipping is l.ecnmiug more and inure depressed ami tin soil - are increasingly lying up. Toe iron and steel trade i-. largely clle and the shipbuilding \ nrds are <I; -■ l m closing. So ti.nigi- Hunter cm hide-: "Wo are not ~u the mad to an improve, nient. We appear to In- on the road