SHIPPING TROUBLE.
!Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.]
GENERAL R ESI'M I’TIOX THIS WEEK. SYDNEY. August I. At a mass meeting ol the Seamens Union it was decided to accept the terms of the settlement of the strike. It is expected that by the end of next week, all the idle vessels at Australian ports will he working again. POSITION OF FREE LABOUR. SYDNEY. August 5.
Another meeting of the Seamen’s Union will he held this morning to fix the date for the resumption of work. The point now engaging attention is the position of the volunteer labour engaged during the strike to man the vessels and handle cargo ashore. Tt is likely these may have to bo dispensed with in order that the seamen and watersiders may offer for engagement. The Newcastle and Hunter River Company has employed volunteer labour since the beginning of the year. MELBOURNE. August 5. The Shipping Agreement has now been accepted by all branches of tho Seamen’s Union and probably the seamen will offer their services in a body on Thursday afternoon. Union officials denied the truth of the message from Freeman tie to the effect that the Branch had accepted the agreement with the exception of the clause cabled yesterday.
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1925, Page 3
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