SHIPPING TROUBLE.
[Australia & X.Z. Cable Association.]
practically normal. SYDNEY July 27
Tim coastal trade is practically .normalti the ships working with free labour. hut there are now tilty-cight iuter-Sl-ate and island steamers lied up at Sydney. OWNERS' .PROPOSALS REJECTED(Received this day at S a.in.) BRISBANE. July 27. A mass meeting of the seamen’s Fiiion unanimously rejected tlie owners' proposals the meeting appointing a. committee to draw up counter proposals. M EERO ERNE. July 27. At ilieH'oiiforeine of the Seamen’s representatives and the shipowners, the seamen rejected tiie ow iters’ terms, stating their acceptance would involve a surrender of vital principles. The men’s representatives then submitted counter-proposals which, it is expected, may form the. basis for n settlement.
The Seamen's Union framed a new Mg of wages and conditions, wherein increases are demanded. The log will not he served pending a mass meeting of (he Seamen's Union on Tuesday when tlie whole situation will he reviewed .
INDICATIONS of SITITI iKMF.NT. MELBOURNE. July 27. The shipping conference has 'adjourned till Tuesday. There is now every indication a set I lenient will he reached.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1925, Page 2
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181SHIPPING TROUBLE. Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1925, Page 2
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