SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1925, Page 3

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

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RAILWAY TROUBLE. BRISBANE, November (i. A stop-work meeting of railwaymen at Howen, declared the line there black, also until a settlement of the dispute is reached, trains will not he allowed to pass Howen station. It is now feared that a general strike of railwayman is imminent. The Premier in a statement said so far as the Government was concerned there was one issue, and one only; whether the (lovernment was prepared to allow its railway employees to be subject to the dictation and instruction of Oversea Transport Strike Committee. Farmers are continuing to load ships at Howen. Waterside work at Cairns is also proceeding satisfactorily. .Mill workers in Proserpine decided to strike to-day as a protest against farmers handling sugar at Howen.

SEA.MEN RESUM E. BRISBANE, November (!. It is officially announced liy the strike coininittce that tlie striking British seamen return to work to-day. The collapse of the strike followed the refusal of the watersiders to assist the seamen. The latter men took a ballot, which resulted in a majority in favour of the resumption of work. The Rimutaka sailed with a full crew. NIAGARA ARRIVES. SUVA, November f>. Arrived Niagara from Vancouver. She sails at noon for Auckland. IN SYRIA. [Australia A. N.Z. Cable Association.] BRIDGE BLOWN UR. DAMASCUS, November 5. Rebels blew up a bridge over a cutting on the railway to llai'a. THE SECURITY PACT [Australia A N.Z. Cable Association.] KOCH’S REPORT. (Roceived this day at 12 .‘lO p.rn.) PARIS, November 5. According to “T.e Journal” General Koch's report on German disarmaments which Ll](.‘ conference of ambassadors will examine to-morrow declares the German Government recently made undoubted efforts to comply with the military clauses of the Peace Treaty, especially with respect to war < material, but the secret reorganisation c of the General Headquarters Staff con- < tinues and also the organisation of police, which practically amounts to .) doubling the effectives of the Reich- f stoelir, and secret societies are ev.od- u ing the clauses dealing with the teach- s ing of children. “T.e Journal” fore- i casts the possibilities of announcement v of early evacuation of Cologne in or- t dor to prove tile Allies loyalty to the spirit of Locarno, but to maintain t intcr-Allied military control. ■ • MISCELLANEOUS. [Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] COMMISSION OK ENQUIRY. (Received this day at 11.25 a.m.) GENEVA. Nov. o. , The Commission of Enquiry into the - recent Graeco-Bulgarian frontier inri- , dent at Gourg in the Balkans indu'd- t es Sir Horace Rumbold (Chairman), General Scrrigny (Krance), General ( Kerranio (Italy). Kortunyn (member j of the Dutch States). General He Adlercreutz (Swedish Minister at Hague). | A SERIOUS CHARGE. [Reuter Telegrams.] (Received this day at 12.30 pm.) ( ROME, November •">. It is semi-ollieially stated that exSoeialist Deputy Zaniboni has been arrested on a charge of preparing an attempt on the life of Mussolini. A semi-official statement declares the . police during the last few days re- . reived confirmation of guarded reports previously reaching them, of an attempt being prepared against Mussolini’s life during yesterday’s celebration of Italy's victory in the Great AVar. The police planned a number of arrests and forced their way to a room near the Foreign Office. They surprised and arrested Zaniboni just as bo had got everything in readiness to carry out his criminal attempt. A retired general, Louis Capello, was arrested in Turpu on the point of departure abroad. Orders were given to Prefects to immediately seize all Mas- 1 onie Lodges of tlie Grand Orient whose I headquarters are in Gucstiniana Pal- t hoc, Rome. The Government, ordered n dissolution of . the United Socialist 1 Party. 1 I SENTENCES COMMITTED. I (Received this day at 11 2o n.m.) 1 MOSCOW, November fi. : Tlie president of the Central Exeeu- : tive of the Soviet Union commuted I tlie death sentence on the German students mentioned on July 3rd and 4th to ten years’ imprisonment. /iprn’OT rp?? rw* 1 [Reuter Telegrams.] U.S.A. AND AVIATION. WASHINGTON, November 5. Mr Hoover’s special aviation committee, reporting on the results ot its six months’ investigation of world wide aviation, declared the United States was being out-distanced in developing commercial aviation by all other important nations, despite the fact that conditions in the l uited States were the most favourable in the world for such development. The Committee recommended:—(l) the withdrawal of Government participation in non-military flying, including the air mail; (2) Government co-opera-tion and aid to the private airplane industry; (3) the establishment of a Bureau of Civil Aeronautics in the Commerce Department, regulating \ navigation, piloting and promoting industry and trade, especially the development of foreign markets for America and air cadets and equipment. (4) The establishment of Slate landing fields. (5) Public support, through consideration of commercial aviation and modified insurance rates. The committee laid stress on the necessity of the ratification of the International Air Convention, which the most important nations have nlrendv nnnroved.