WATERSIDERS' ANXIETY OVER SOAP SUPPLY

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5312, 27 January 1947, Page 5

WATERSIDERS' ANXIETY OVER SOAP SUPPLY

B Refusa! io Handle Any 1 Exports To Spain B SYDXEY, January 25. ■ Decisions i-anning the export of Boap, soap pmvder and tallow from ■iustralia, h.rming the export of any ■naterials u> Vianco Spain and pos-Biblyexteitili-t:;' the hau on Duteh ships Have heen ma!e in Sydney by the Fed■eral fouih ii oi* the Waterside Work■ers' Federat : >n. ■ The eoua »! decided that the export ■anonsoar should remain until AusHralia's sea." reauirements had heen fctMed. (There has been an acute Hshortagi' if s't-ip for several months). I The has also asked the ■Federal a;; ' Suite Governments to ■tahe action u> maH> soap supplies BavaiiaWe Anstralian puhlic. ■ The • ihvidcd to instruet the water?:. k w-okcrs to rcfuse to hanole ■any «wm!s i-itended for export to Rpn. Thi- t]c-"sion was in support ■cfdiat of • :!c World Federation of ■fraiie t'nions aiul the Australasian ■Caurcil 0i* Trade Unions calling for ■fe reniovai oi' the Franeo Govern■a®t in Spain. K The eo: in il dtvitied to reaffirm the Waek hau .ej some time ago on Itiie Dutca vo>sel Tjibesar and classed 1® 'ica:'" the iabuur now being used I'5 'oa(! v-;tr i:-aterials into the ship. >va.s fiH''.in*r deeided that the use ■«f "sea!" lah-mr hv the IC.P.M. I.i:n* an a vessel (.not the ■Tjibesar ) a.ittnt if continued lead to ■the retua! to voik any Duteh vessels |®n the Austvalijm eoast. I The stri!;.' ,f 700 wharf labourers ■ jhich heirai: a: Xewcastle on Thurs|da.v, is ho](i:::g un 1D inter-State and ■ overseas ves « i- . The men struck as I a protest a.-aiust the transfer of Ifharf lai, ) from one steamer to I another.