Tanker held in port
(N.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 25. Protesting against delays in negotiating claims for higher wages and longer leave, cooks and stewards in the coastal tanker Hamilton j declared a 24-hour stoppage this morning. The ship was due to leave at 8 a.m. from Auckland for Mount Maunganui but the providoring staff announced: last night that it would not! sail.
It is believed that petrol supplies are still lean after an 11-day shutdown for annual maintenance at Marsden Point, and the cooks’ and stewards’ 10-day strike.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33235, 26 May 1973, Page 2
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