SHIPS WILL BE “BLACK”
COMMONWEALTH LINE SALE THREAT BY SEAMEN’S UNION (United P.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) Rfecd. 9.5 a m. MELBOURNE. To-day. Referring to the proposed boycott of the Commonwealth ships, Mr. O'Neill, secretary of the Victorian Branch of the Seamen's Union, said that from the moment ships were taken over, and the crews signed on at English rates, they would be declared black. | Union officials estimate that byplacing the ships on the English articles, the new- owners will rave more than £200,000 annually, ana nearly 3,000 Australian seamen w ill be rendered idle. Inter-State trade may also be »f- ---! fected by the change, as the NavigaI tion Act stipulates that oversea vesI sels must pay the Australian rates 1 while engaged in inter-State services. | Mr. Stanley Bruce. Prime Minister, 1 announced that the new owners were not obliged to carry on the inter-State trade. It was only stipulated that a service between Australia and England be maintained for a period of 10 years. Mr. Bruce was asked yesterday to comment on the message cabled on the previous day, that Lord Kylsant was about to purchase the Commonwealth Line, but he refused to confirm or deny the report.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 328, 13 April 1928, Page 1
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