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AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN WATERSIDERS’ PLEA REFUSED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) MELBOURNE. Feb. 15 The Federal Cabinet has rejected the request of the waterside workers at Port Kembla to restrict the export of iron to Japan. This decision was based partly on i information that the export of pig'iron will not prejudice Australian industries | and partly on the ground that to impose an embargo because Japan is at jwar might be considered a provocative act. MORE TROUBLE BREWING WORKERS’ HOPES UNREALISED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, SYDNEY. Feb. 15 More trouble is brewing over pig iron at Port Kembla, where the steamer Tymeric is due to load the remainder of the 21,000 tons left by the Dalfram. Tlie local wharf labourers were hoping that the Federal Government would have placed a ban on the export of pig iron in accordance with I lie promise made by the AttorneyGeneral, Mr R. G. Menzies. However, the Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, last night staled that no such course is practicable.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20732, 16 February 1939, Page 9
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172EXPORT OF IRON Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20732, 16 February 1939, Page 9
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