WAGES ON SHIPS.
The waterside workers held upthe Japsne?® steamship Brisbane Maru because she io sidised by the Japanese Government for tj. purpose of capturing foreign trade. The men's Union officials are to n av ® declared the entrr of such a vessel into tn®waters was a threat io seamen's wages; because of the low wages- paid on Japan® 5 -, ships. Now if one may hazard an opinionj thi<s "wage threat" attitude seenis strange 7 inconsistent. What about the P. and 0. an other boats that call here manned by Asian at goodness knows what starvation rates °, pay? These vessels arc loaded and unloa at New Zealand ports without so nuich as whimper of protest from cither seamen watersiders. WHARFS
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 38, 14 February 1931, Page 8
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119WAGES ON SHIPS. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 38, 14 February 1931, Page 8
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