The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • 11

HOME NEWS 1 1 Builders' apply to resolve unioii pay dispute I The Muter Builders' Association yesterday filed an application with the Arbitration Commission in a bid to settle a long dispute in the building Industry The application made under Section 33 of the Arbitration Act would place the handling of the dispute in the hands of Gracious Living with Silverware a presidential member of the commission The Judge appointed could set up an inquiry Into pay claims which have led to bans work limitations or restrictions on work The Builders' Laborers' Federation hu Imposed work bans in support of a $30 a week pay claim But employers have so far refused to negotiate the claim it being outside the wage indention guidelines Industry sources said last night that Industrial action by the BLF should nc the subject of a review under this section They said that if the Inquiry i found that the union was not adhering to the award provisions penal clauses or deregistration could follow But the sources mid that this was not being contemplated at this stage and the application was seen as a method of bringing back the dispute before the commission The Federal secretary of the BLF Mr Norm Gallagher said last night the employers had put themselves in a corner and were trying to get themselves out Mr Gallagher said that an Inquiry headed by a presidential member of the commission was likely to deal with a claim that an ordinary commissioner would not accept A date for the hearing Is expected to be announced later this week Talks between the MBA and the BLF before Commissioner Brown on the $55 million State Bank project In the city broke down yesterday However the parties have been summonsed to attend another conference before Mr Justice Alley at 10 am this morning See these and many other beautiful pieces for you and your home today at Prouds 9 THE AGE Wednesday September 7 1977 Train Commission warning to unions Drug probe detectives query 2500 i i MARK RAKER 4 PIECE SILVERPLATED "LOVE 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courthouse since hearings began on Monday Mr Justice Woodward the inquiry head called a brief public session late yesterday afternoon But his only comment was that calls on tha hotline had been "greater than anticipated" The five people who tended the commiuion yesterday to give evidence in private all refused to comment Inter on the scope of their information The witnesses included the Griffith district agronomist with the Department of Agriculture Mr Sykes and two local Roman Catholic priests Monsignor Brian Galla- 8 her and Father Raphael eltrame periods Buying power GRIFFITH Poll investigating the disappearance of drug campaigner Don Mackey have interviewed more than 2500 people in the past two months A senior homicide detective yesterday said investigators were still a long way from exhausting their lends "New material is coming In all the he said A team of up to 15 NSW police has been winking around Griffith and in Sydney since Mr Mackay vanished from the carpark of the Griffith Hotel on July 15 They ere still trying to trace two cere which were parked near Mr Mae-kay's abandoned van about 6J0 that night One was an early model Holden Checks of about 160 similar vehicles have failed to Identify ff Police are hoping that the drug Royal Commission which began here on Monday will turn Op new evidence to solve tha Mackay puzzle But commission officials have drawn the blinds on their investigations They are anxious to end the widespread publicity of their work end to dis- Commissioner Walker told representatives of unions and VicRail that his decision to call them into compulsory arbitration on September 16 followed the failure of attempts at conciliation He will arbitrate on the claims for wage ran mi Om of the bandit runs Into the Bank af Naw South Wales rises ranging from $545 to $11 which would bring Victorian public transport workers into line with those in NSW SILVERWARE from AMERICA AUCTIONS TWO BIKE BANDITS ROB SYDNEY BANKS Lm at Wrier plcher chip and dip 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SYDNEY Two bandits riding a motorcycle held up two banks in a 337 BOUftKE ST CITY ALSO ATCHADSTONE suburban shopping complex yesterday and escaped with $16000 The men drove through crowds of startled shoppers Including children at the Eastlalws shopping centra about 11 lav The unions are also claiming $19 to restore lost power Box for VicRail agreed to enter into arbitration Earlier Mr Box opposed the granting of the recent two per cent national wage indexation rise to Victorian railway workers He said they had failed to comply with the indexation guidelines Commissioner Walker granted the flow-on He said there was no justification for refusing to do so because the Full Bench made a positive statement that there had been substantial compliance with the guidelines during the period under review Industrial action by railway workers may be raised at the next indexation hearing he said The executive director of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce Mr Alan Lovell said last night city workers appeared better organised to cope with strike than the one last month He said there was absenteeism of only five to 10 per cent in some city offices But he estimated a loss of retail sales throughout the State of about $4 million The president of the Victorian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Mr John Harrower said the strike was likely to have a dampening effect on business turnover for the next two weeks "Every time we have a strike like this there is a noticeable fall in business he said The campaign committee of the eight unions involved in strike will meet on Friday But union sources said the committee was expected to accept Commissioner Walker's timetable for arbitration hearings One man aimed with a revolver rushed into the Commonwealth Bank Another armed with a sawn-off shot-ran into the Wales Bank across "They were only Inside the banks for about a minute and they both ran out to the motorcycle at the same time They seemed to have timed the whole operation to the second" ha said The men escaped with $12000 from the Bank of New South Wales and about $4000 from tha Commonwealth Bank They sped through the crowded arcade and escaped "We tried to chase them but they were too fast for us" Mr Marino said Mr Les Carter who works in shop opposite one of the banks said the bandits seemed to be very professional end worked to careful plan "One of the men allowed himself few extra seconds to calmly put away his gun before getting on to the bike1 he said Police arrested two men on motorcycle in nearby street short time later but let them go after questioning The bandits were wearing black leather Jackets Jeans and motorcycle hel- watched through the windows of the two banks as the men held tail end customers et gunpoint end demanded money Two men John Marino 25 and Anthony Borg 20 rushed at the bandits as they were about to enter the banks "We started towards them but one swung around end pointed sawn-off shotgun at my chest Mr Marino said "We willing to take any chances so we stood beck end let them run into the bank "Many of the shoppers stood by watching too frightened to do Die fighting: black leader a country when you Student exile tells of South Africa ywawi imem vsuimy vi iuvui yourself around Air New Zealand has car and motor caravan Holiday Hitsjustfbryou Sdayi7 rights ll8reaelA nWWnMIi fNO INbM "You stand they shoot you run away they shoot you come they shoot so why not die fighting?" 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