IDLE WHARVES
POSITION AT MELBOURNE Dnlted Press Association— By EUetrte V«IM graph — CopyrUht MELBOURNE, 11th September. . Although men were picked up to work many vessels at the morning pickup, they left the wharves when told they were engaged under the new award. With the exception of the coal and Tasmanian services and the Patrick Line of steamers, inter-State shipping is at a standstill, and by to-night thousands of workers in Melbourne will be rendered idle. Shipowners are preparing to pay off crews and refund pas» sage money. The overseas and inter-State shipping companies refused a further request by; the watersiders for a conference, stat> ing that a necessary preliminary will be the observance of the new award.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 54, 12 September 1928, Page 11
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117IDLE WHARVES Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 54, 12 September 1928, Page 11
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