Department to Ask Senate to Workers Opposed to Enforcement Pass Estimate Curtailed by Lower House Washington, Sept. 13. of Crimes Act by Government Melbourne, Sept. 13.
Mr. C. D. Wilbur, Secretary of the y though the convinced A meeting of the Conference of Water-Side Workers to-day adopted a resolution lounge the Prime struction plan for 71 ships, it will tungo the Senate in December to approve the curtailed programme. passed by the House of Represent atives, which provides for the ex: penditure of $359,000,000; $2,000,000 being allotted to start the construc: tion of two new dirigibles, whose setal cost will be $8,000,000; $30, 000 for heavier-than-air aviation, $6,000,000 to complete the mnodernization of the battleships Nevada and Oklahoma; and $43,000,000 to start the construction of eight 10,000-ton joruisers and two fleet submarines Reater, Minister, Me. S, M, Bruce, to arrange fan immediate conference in order to effect a more speedy settlement that the enforcement of the Crimes Act other form of vindictive administration,"
Ship-owners have not yet decided to employ free labour. One owner declares that many members of the Federation of—Water-Sida Workers are ready to obey but are overawed by the small coterie of extremists, The Sydney Arbitration Court hax decided that a state of strike existe,
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