AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN
STRIKE EXTENSION THREAT PORT ADELAIDE BREAKAWAY [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, December 15. Mr. J. Keenan, the leader of the Seamen’s Strike Committee, forecasts that unless the licensing system as applied to the seamen, is withdrawn by the Federal Government, fifteen hundred more men, comprising the craws of all of the inter-Stato vessels in all of the States, also the trawlers and colliers, will be involved in the dispute, after the meeting of the Strike Committee to-morrow. Mr. Keenan said that he had discussed the position with the leaders of the Miners’ Federation, who were firmly resolved to call out all of the miners on the northern fields if the seamen needed their assistance. Reports from Brisbane and Melbourne indicate that difficulty is being experienced in filling volunteer crews. Thirty-three vessels at various ports are already manned by licensed men, or have crews signed'up ready to sail. The steamer Wairuna sailed to-day for San Francisco. The Omana sailed yesterday for New Plymouth. SEVERAL SHIPS MANNED. (Recd. Dec. 16, 11.30 a.m.). SYDNEY, December 16. Five ships manned by non-union labour, sailed from Sydney during the week-end. The steamer, James Cook, which had been held up at Newcastle for several days, secured a crew, and left for South Australia. It is understood the crew consisted of volunteers brought from Sydney. Two ships sailed from Brisbane with volunteer crews. ■ A message from Adelaide says that a move of importance which has shaken the more militant members of the South Australian branch of the Seamen’s Union, and has convinced the ship-owners that the back of the strike has been broken in South Australia, was made when the crews of the coastal ships,' Karatta and Yandra, in defiance of the Union, returned to the ships, and took them to sea. There have been two alleged attempts at intimidation in Melbourne. In each case, a member of a nonunion crew was attacked by four men, but escaped. Several coastal and inter-State steamers, which left Geelong and Melbourne, over the week-end, were manned by non-unionist crews. - A FRENCH DISPUTE. (Reed. December 16, noon.) MARSEILLES. December 15. The harbour is paralysed by a strike against the new ten per cent, cut in wages. Several P. and 0. ships left without unloading cargo consigned to Marseilles.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 December 1935, Page 7
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