MARITIME CONGRESS.
May Break Down Over British Boycott Of Tillet. EIGHT HOURS PROBLEM. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.} (Received 2 p.m.) . LONDON, October 11. A message from Geneva says that the breakdown of the International Maritime Conference is threatened owing to the attitude of the British shipowners who continue to boycott the conference as a protest against the appointment of Mr. Ben Tillet as one of the delegates. The owners claim that the nearest he came to' being connected with shipping was to be a dock-worker. Captain Free has been refused a seat on the. committee which is considering seamen's hours, owing to the probability that he would vote for the eight hour system. It i 3 pointed out that the eight hour eystem might work well in Australia and elsewhere, but would not suit European maritime countries.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 9
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