SEAMENS FEUD IN AUSTRALIA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 23 March 1926, Page 7

SEAMENS FEUD IN AUSTRALIA.

Opposition To Re-Regis-tration. SYDNEY v. MELBOURNE. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, March 22. Tho Sydney branch of the Seameu’a Union has decided to oppose the application of Mr WnlSir ior the re-registra-tion of the Union. A feud between the Sydney and Melbourne branches of the Federated Seamen’s Unions is being waged with great bitterness. Officials of the Sydney branch are in open revolt against the action of tho Federal officers in applying for reregistration. Mr Johnson, assistant secretary of the New South Wales branch, has gone to Melbourne for the purpose of combatting the move. COASTAL TROUBLE IN AUSTRALIA. EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SETTLEMENT. By C»ble-r-Pre»s Association—Copyright. Austr.ilan and N.Z. Cable Association (Received March 22, 8.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 22. The Disputes Committee of the Trades Hall conferred with the coastal shipowners, in an endeavour to arrive at a. settlement of the coastal shipping strike. The committee adjourned until tomorrow, without arriving at a basis of settlement. The Seamen’s Union was not represented at the conference. DECISION OF SYDNEY BRANCH. PLEBISCITE FAVOURED. By Cable—Press Association—-Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association, (Received March 23, 12.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 22. The Sydney branch of the Seamen’s Union has decided to take a plebiscite ol members whether to participate in Mr Walsh's re-registration application.