SHIPPING TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 29 October 1925, Page 3

SHIPPING TROUBLE

[Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.' DEPORTATION BOARD. (Received this day at S a.m.; SYDNEY, October 20. The Deportation Board sat to hem tile case against Jacob Johnson. .Mr Watt appealed lor an adjournment till the finding in the Walsh case was known. The Chairman, in refusing, said they had finished with Walsh, but could not disclose the finding. There was no intention of preventing Walsh testing the validity of the proceedings of the Court. .Mr Walt then withdrew. Mr .Meagher, counsel for Johnson, appealed for an adjournment till the Eedci'al elections were over. The Court refused, but granted an adjournment nil Monday.

CBKW PAID OKI'. SVDNKV, October •_»). The Zealandiu’s crew have been paid oil. qr kknsland tboibkf.s. •SVDNKV. October 2D. A lull ITiionist crew was secured for the Suovie which is sailing on Friday. The Marine Transport group union lias decided not to lilt the embargo placed on the Newcastle and Hunter liiver C ompany's vessels tit the end of" last year, and members of the Seamen’s I*llloll who were instructed by the leaders to interview the company on the subject of working the vessels with unionists have been to discontinue ncgntial ions. BIiISBANK.. October •_>!>. A meeting of strikers at Gladstone endorsed the resolution ol the strike committee in Brisbane agreeing to suplily solltcieitr coal to the Muhin to keep the rel rigertti oi's working. A number of violent speeches were made against the resolution, hut iL was finally carried by an overwhelming majority, and coaling operations commenced to-day. .Mr .McC ormack (Tremieri telegraphed a warning to the Mayor of (tladstoue that farmers or strikers committing a breach of the peace will be arrested. Conditions at Cairns are assuming an ugly aspect. There have been several free lights and disturbances verging on ;t riot, occurred near wharves. Farmers and timber workers are reduced to despair owing to the hold up of cargoes and a meeting of farmers and timber workers sent an ultimatum to the watersiders that unless they resume work by Friday the farmers will handle their own produce. They also resolved to ask the shipping companies whether, in the event of the farmers gttara 11 teeing the necessary labour to work ships, they would send ships to Cairns ‘to remove produce. It was further decided to organise the limners in the district to give elicit to the resolutions.

Tin.' Itikernian C'li;inil)i , r of Commerce decided tn telegraph Mr Krli 1 Huge, stilling tlmi owing to tin.' ;i]>: l l itv nl thr -S t: 1 1 o Government regarding the cnlamatnus sit mil mu nt liikcrniaii. v.iurgently <I > si !< • you to (lespa tell ;i Comiiiunwcalth steamer to Down in tctnuvi. sugar to t! to Mint horn roll Murk's. Every assistance i< guaranteed loyally lit I'iii lours to load tltu vessel-. stimki; itk.ms. Sydney. out. Huddurt Barkers derided to lie up thu stuumur Zrahindia on thu uru of her leaving lor Melbourne with a heavy passenger list, un route for thu Cup. This action is thu outcome ol a steamship owners' uoul'uruiiuu. and is a reply la the seamen's job-control methods in tying tii> the t limnioa and other vessels. Ii was al-o considered tlltil owing to the congest ion of shipping at l b I'niaiti le it would not be advisable to send the /oalatiilia oil a western It in. Man.'. ini'Miding Cup visitors, ate snrch d isappoi nt ed . All I T t kite i- • !■ 1 igu of t lie ending. the strike position at Sydney is tteadilv i lll p■ oving. anil the shipnw net's gradually are regaining sulliciciil cninntand of the situation to despatch vessels. Last night. the steamer Clttislainborg sailed for the Smith Seas, manned by a full crew. \\ at ersiders continue to work all vessel'.

Following on the arrest ol a strikers' picket for stoning two seamen, returning to their shin bite last night, the police were stoned by other pickets. Subsequently over 30;) strikers assembled and inarched to Circular Quay. All the police in the city area were hurried to the scene in motor cars. They met and dispersed the strikers. Five arrests were made.