AUCKLAND SEAMEN OFFER TO RESUME.
. BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. Auckland, November' 20. The seamen’s meeting decided by an overwhelming majority to resume work.' Subsequently they went in a body four hundred strong to the Government shipping office and offex’ed their services on vessels that did not have free labour. Another stipulation was that all the seamen signing on should produce bona fide certificates, alsothat the union membership books should be fully paid up. The Marine Superintendent replied that he would report to the Marine Department and the local shipownei'S. The owners subsequently reported !he - position to the Shipowners’ Federation. . Some seamen visited vessels and interviewed the captain or chief engineer, but were told that no orders had been received to- take men back. ' In the meantime the shipowners are manning the ships where possible with voluntary labour.
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Shannon News, 21 November 1922, Page 3
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136AUCKLAND SEAMEN OFFER TO RESUME. Shannon News, 21 November 1922, Page 3
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