SEAMEN'S STRIKE;
■ MEN DECLINE TO TURN TO. As the result of a meeting at which the Prime Minister's recent letter to the Seamen's Union ivas discussed at length, the seamen belonging to i the small steamers trading out of Wellington have decided not to return to work. This action on the pavt of the men who have, as the Prime Minister statcu in his letter to the secretary of the union, Mr. W. T\ Young, broken an agreement, will probably h'Wi to a course of action which will bring the long-drawn-out strike to im end. The Inspector of Awards (Mr. ,«• *>• Lifjhtfoot) has filed with the Clerk or Awards an application for the interpretation of certain clauses in the feameii e industrial agreement with the New /.«- Ir.ml Shipowners' I'ederation, those referring to the number of men in a watch and the manner in which the hours are to be worked at. sea being included. There is to be an early htariiiu of the application. . The Ngakuta, whose cargo is still midischarged, is still in port. Her uew has been paid off pending development*.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 10, 6 October 1917, Page 6
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182SEAMEN'S STRIKE; Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 10, 6 October 1917, Page 6
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