FOOD SHIPS HELD UP
WATERSIDE DISPUTE Received Sundav, 7* p.m. SYDNEY, April 14, As a result of a thousand watersider;refusing work, six ships have heen im inobilised over the weelcend aird twentvpix have l)een wovked shorthanded. A dispute arose from the dismissal of iivc men eariler in the week, for refusing to load coke or for reporting late. I Nearly all the ships afi'ected are over seas freighters and one which receive : no labour is the Avonmoor loading flou' for the strieken areas of India. | The Ministry of Food and Govern : ment of India recently appealed to thv Australian Government to have maxi mum overtime worked on all sliip. loading wheat and flour for India an ( the "Wheat Board issued an order thai i sucli ships would be worked at the i vveekends and through the F.aster holji days.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 April 1946, Page 5
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