BAN BY CREW
NO UNLOADING OF WAIRUNA.
HANDLING BY FREE LABOUR.
SEQUEL TO AUSTR ALIAN STRIKE.
(United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10;45 am.) VANCOUVER, September 23.
The crew of the steamer Wairuna) from Australia, refused to give steam to permit of the unloading of cargo, because they alleged that the handling of cargo would be unfair, claiming it had been handled by strike-breakers during the longshoremen’s, strike inaugurated on June 4. . . One member of the Wairuna's crew is in hospital here and his place must be taken by a seaman nominated by the Seafarers’ Industrial Union and acceptable to the crew. ;• When the matter is cleared up the crew will decide whether they will take the Wairuna home or tie up at Vancouver.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 293, 24 September 1935, Page 5
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