AT GENEVA
SHIPPING WORKERS. i (United Prees Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this dav at 1.30 p.m.l GENEVA, October 16. It is learned that a compromise has been effected under which employers will participate in a conference during discussion on the hours of work. The Australian, 'Featu, said the tradition vas that "a sailor must work all of every horn- demanded of him. He would do all in his power to sweep the musty tradition into oblivion. He thought, the sailor was substituted in the labour market when the Negro slave was abolished. Negroes were bought outright and salilors were simply hired, used and thrown on the scrap heap. Losses to the Commonwealth Line were due to incompetence and wild extravagance. Australian hours had not resulted in a decline of shipping. Hastings said he had worked under Australian conditions for many years stood steadfast. It was the best possible system yet devised. He asked the conference not to endorse the barbarous system of -traffic in men’s bodies and souls.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1929, Page 5
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