Ship Pilots Stand Firm In Strike
Recei\"ed Wednesday, S.40 p.m. ; SYDNEY, August 18. ! The tanker Trocas, with a full cargc. (of cruile oil from Borneo, arrived off ;Sydney Seads this me-iiing and wa winter joined by the freighter Cutlei .from Manila to load wheat. When sig.nalled that no pilots were a\railable Lotli ships cruised in siglit of the heads for some time and then stood offsliotr ■-.vithont making any eifort to enter. The steaqier Soochow sailed for Hong Kong without. the assistance of a piloi or -tugs this niorning and the Hnited States freighter Pioneei; . Gem, boiinii i'or Boston, carefuilv' felt her Avay out of Circular Quay this afternoon. At a compulsory conference before Ihe State ludustrial Commission, the pilots are understood to be standing - (irm in their request that the dispute over salaries be treated as a Federal clai;n. *
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1948, Page 5
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