SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1925, Page 2

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.]

SYDXLY COM- FRENCH. SYDNEY, -Sept. 23

The conference of the representatives of the Over-ea Shipping Representatives Association, the striking seamen, the Wntcrsiders' Federation and the Commonwealth Lalvour Council. discussed the strike situation. The < onferenee will he continued to-morrow.

Before attending the confervnee Air .Johnstone, chairman of the strikers, addressed the seamen. lie asked them all to attend the meeting to-morrow as important decisions might he arrived at in tile conference and these would have in he submitted to the men lielore finality was reached. Tile Watersiders' Federation us holding a -tup' work meeting to-morrow. Officials of the Federation will explain their attitude to the men and it is understood will make further proposals to them lor as-i-ting the strikers.

ORYIETO BLACK. PERTH. Scpi. 2:

The watersiders have decided not to work the cargo or mails on the Orvieto, which is due to to-day until the crew are able to attend a Seamen’s meeting ashore. Tile Orvieto lelt Lugland after the wage reduction was elfeet ed.

AI EI.BOURNE, Sept. 23.

Fifty more strikers have been sent to gaol for I I days, and keen ordered to forfeit two dikys pay.

SO VESSELS HELD Cf. LONDON. Sep:. 22

Nearly SO '..'-sols, representing over 77)!l,0()l) tons, are delayed in the I) imiiiion ports.

The non-arrival of the South Alricai; steamers is im tensing the unemployment- among the South Alriean dockers and the Thames barge workers and lightermen.

THE REAL ISSUE. MELBOURNE. Sept. 23

Air Rage, addressing the A'ictnriai; Farmer-’ I'ninn, said-. “The real issue lie fore Australia to-dav is whetke’ Australian ideas of government and British traditions of conduct and constitutional methods ol settling industrial disputes are to prevail in this country, or whether direct action, jnheontrol and revolutionary methods are to rule. There are only two -ides to a clear cut issue of this -m l. 'I he issue is between order ami chaos, between continuous unemployment, am: employment, between rural prosperity and rural distress, between democrat h rule of a majority and dictatorship ol a lew. between composite government standing iirm for everything thal makes national progress possible, am political labour lie!raying trade unionism into the hands ol a lew foreign extremists and trade agitators.

“The political Labour leaders.” sail' Dr. Rage, “seek to evade their complicity or guilt in connection with this stoppage of work and degradation ol the condition of workers. I hey cannot dissociate themselves from it. however, because during the past ten yean they have allowed themselves to hi used as spokesmen or advocates ol I.AY.AY. Communists, alien wreckers and all who desire to mix the Australian worker up in foreign quarrels that do mil concern hint. It is idle tor AH' Charlton and Air Anstey to decline Communism and I.AA.AA. r.re enemies of the Labour Alovcmcnt. when among the selected candidates for the ScnaU from New South Wales there lias been chosen a man who was convicted with other I.W.AW men of incendiarism. He was released by a Labour Government of which the present Premier of New South Wales was a member.” Air Bruce has definitely anmuimei the Federal polling day will ue the fourteenth of Nm ember.

FOOD BRICES. LONDON. Sept.-23

Air Newton denies New Zealand hut ter .-tears are unreasonably withheld it Britain. He say- the holder.- are merely rationing the market, owing to the strike restricting Ike Australian and New Zealand arrivals.

The price has already keen iiirronscu to |()3s per ton. which is equivalent to from twopence to threepence pe: pound retail. H the strike continue.tor six months there will probably hi a further increase of (ids per um 0 the wartime level.

Wheal, meat and wool me also like Iv to iocrc.ee 111 |U ice resulting "1 : higher c - t cl Imiiij. tor the British

FOREIGN ••LEDS’’ BENEFIT

BRITISH ■ LEDS” WOLKI.FSS,

LONDON. Sept. 2.1

Continental producers arc now seizing the opportunity to enter the British market. The Continental shippers art- snatching cargoes tor Australia and New Zealand, expecting V obtain profitable return cargoes to a hungry market. This probably would enable them to retain a port inn of Ihe trade permanently. thereby ousting many British seamen. The Baltic ports arc especially active in sending butter to Britain including Russian supplies I rum SiLria. One Lonmin firm is importing three thousand casks ot butter weekly, v.hich is equal to six thousand Australian ur New Zealand boxes. Thus the Rus-mti Reds are getting high prices in Britain. while Led agents in Australia ate damaging Auglo-Aust.ralian trade. Eating strikers unemployed, at pie-ent. as well as permanently. A shipping authority th 1 hire- tin strike is steadily undoing the Wembley Exhibition’s good work on hchall ol Anglo-Australian and New Zealand 1 fade. VALIDITY OF DFI’OLTATIoN ACT. (Received this day at 8 V.nt.) (SYDNEY Sept. 24. 1,1 the As-emhly in reply to a question whether the Government, pro; used proceeding further in testing the validity of the Deportation Act Mr Lam said the Government would announce, at the appropriate moment, any decision readied in the matter. THE SEAMEN’S DECISION. (Received this day at 8 a. 111.1 SYDNEY. September 21. A meeting of the striking seamen decided not to return to work until all strikers were released from gaol and their original demands granted. The -hiuping ronlorotiro adjourned to enable the sliker-’ representatives to : iuimkl :i meeting of tlie mon.