CREWS BY BALLOT
THE FORDSDALE RENDERED IDLE,
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.)
(Received 19th March, 10.45 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. The Commonwealth liner Fordsdale, the largest ship co far built in Australia, which was to have commenced her maiden voyage yesterday, has been laid up^ indefinitely by the Commonwealth Shipping Board. The board's action is the result of the Seamen's Union claiming the right to select the crew by "the ballot system. The owners refused to grant this, v and issued an ultimatum to the men stating that only the crew engaged and selected by the owners would be acceptable, and failing suitable men offering the vessel would be laid up indefinitely. As only the ballot men offered, this was accordingly done.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 19 March 1924, Page 5
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120CREWS BY BALLOT Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 19 March 1924, Page 5
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