AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1926, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cahio Association.] AR BITR ATI ON COURT. .MELBOURNE, May 14. An 1 important judgment as affects the employers of cheap non-union labour was delivered by Alt Justice We hit iti the Arbitration Court, tie granted the Theatre Employers’ Associiltioif’S application the employers to pay the award rates to non-unionists. Judge Webb said it was the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage men to belong to unions and it obviously was unjust that a man should be refused unemployment because he was a nonunionist. It was also unfair that the good employer who observed the awards should he compelled to compete with a had employer who endeavoured to evade . his obligations.

COAL SHORTAGE. SYDNEY, Alav 14. A coal pinch, as the result of the mine engineers’ strike, is beginning to he felt. The voyage of the steamer Karola. to West Australia has been cancelled, owing to the difficulty of securing hunkering. Others vessels will be "affected, failing a settlement. DISABLED STEAMER. (Received this day at 8 a.mA SYNDEY, Alay 15. The disabled steamer Eastern Ateon is still drifting. A tug sent to tow her to port left Newcastle only to-day. To allow for the drift meantime it will have a lengthy job.