LASCAR LABOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 150, 4 October 1910, Page 5

LASCAR LABOR.

RESOLUTIONS 03? PROTEST, 1— k 1 By Telegraph.—Press Associafltm. Wellington, Last Iwghit. The following resolution was passed to-day at a meeting of the Marine Engineers' Institute:—-"That this Institute recognises the urgent necessity of taking action to protect shipowners and crewa of thiis Dominion against unequal com-' petition, and respectfully urges thg Prime • Minister, Minister for Marine an® other (Ministers and members of botJh&houses of the Legislature to take steps ® check wfh-at promises to be a serious m«aro to : employers and the wage-earners,lßs well as the shipping industry of New ®aland> ■ It'-, is urged that steps be taftn to ; make terms with the <6ommonw£lth of and the Dominito of Nib? Zealand' to arrange a reciprogfli treA compelling vessels trading between Be two •countries or, qgjjie coast level •up the Acts of each «ountry to which Shipowners are compelled to subscribe,~Md Mist I Parliament be asked to insist upon the rights of the Commonwealth and this Dominion to make regulat«agjjgg«gcord with this resolution as is toe case with the Dominion of Canada." Dunedin, LasOlight. The following resolutlon.jMWeen forwarded:,, by the 'O.tago to tlie Prime Minister, the Hoii'S®. Millar, and local members of Parliament:—"This Council is in entire sympatfijSJwith the national aspirations of the Seamen's Union in the Dominion in their endeavor to prevent an invasion of cheap Lascar • labor in New Zealand waters, and strong- ' ly urges the Government to pass legisla-" tion this session either to prevent the : employment of Lascars and other aliens on ships engaged in intercolonial or coastal trr 'e of New Zealand or compel : shipping companies employing that class of labor to observe the same conditions respecting wages, overtime, holidays, etc,, as owners of competing vessels."