Freight Rates
Sir, —Your headline today, “Seamen Go To Farmers,” makes interesting reading. The seamen wooing the farmers; but for what ends? Not the farmers’ nor the country’s but their own, I would imagine. Perhaps Mr Kelly could enlarge further and tell us how his union intends man ning these large overseas ves-
seis, for never a week goes by in New Zealand without a vessel being held up on our coast awaiting crew, for which his union is responsible. With ships unnecessarily delayed in this manner It is hard to imagine cheaper freights ever eventuating from New Zea-land-crewed vessels with thenhigh overtime rates and conditions. At present the Seamen’s Union has the coastal and intercolonial trade well “tied up;” so Mr Farmer should beware. Our local seamen could be much tougher to crack than the Conference lines, once in their grip.— Yours, etc, ALL THE FACTS, PLEASE. July 9, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31109, 12 July 1966, Page 16
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151Freight Rates Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31109, 12 July 1966, Page 16
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