SHIPPING CONFERENCE
Router's Telegrams Rec June 28, 12.20 p.m. Rome, June 26 At the Shipping Conference at Genoa, Mr Morey, representing the Seamens and FiremensUnion, moved an amendment to the draft convention, restricting the wo«"k«ng hours aboard ships to eight daily and forty eight weekly. The delegate from the Shipping Federation opposed the amendment, as he contended it was inspired by an insular idea. Mr Burke, the Australian delegate, in supporting the amendment, declared that hours in the tropical countries should be reduced to six daily. The amendment was rejected by 16 votes to 14. Mr Burke proposed that the seamen should leave the Conference, alleging that the Government delegates and shipowners were against the seamen. Mr Movey protested that the Government delegates were voting "contrary to the spirit of the Peace Treaty. The French seamen urged the conference to continue in the hope of accomplishing something. Mr Burke thereupon withdrew his proposal. The Conference decided that ;no boys under fourteen years of I age be employed on ships.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7439, 28 June 1920, Page 3
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