BRITISH SEAMEN.
Allegations Of Improper Conduct. CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 23. The Seamen's Union executive have considered the report of the sub-com-mittee which has been inquiring into the allegations against Mr. Davies and others, consisting of the intimidation of loyal officials and members, unconstitutional conduct, after which the union expelled the secretary, Mr. Davies, and the branch secretaries, Messrs. Bond, Phillips, Nelson and Hamlin, and also Mr. Cotter, the organiser of the catering flpnartmpTit tncrpthpr with two hranph
Ie pan mem, totjetner wixa ;wo oraacn delegates and three members. Mr. Davies attended the meeting, and resigned after hearing the charges. The executive expressed confidence in Mr. Havelock Wilson, the president of the union, and accepted the decision of the conference to lend the non-political Miners' Union the sum of £10.000. A member proposed that they should initiate a testimonial to Mr. Havelock Wilson, and that the union should grant £3000 for the purpose. Mr. Wilson bejr.gred the executive not to discuss the proposal, as the time was inappropriate.— (A. and X.Z., and Sydney "Sun.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 226, 24 September 1927, Page 9
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