APOLOGY REQUESTED
AWATEA CAPTAIN’S REMARK
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
WELLINGTON, July 14
The New Zealand' Federation of Labour has. passed a motion protesting- against a statement reported to have been made by Captain A. H. Davey, master of the Awatea, to the ( effect that “nobody was working in this blasted country.” The federation requests an apology) to' the workers, failing which, it is stated, workers affiliated to the organisation will take such action as may be deemed, necessary to compel a cessation of unwarranted attacks on. the workers.
Captain Davey is' away from New Zealand at present, but before leaving on his trip to Sydney this week, he is stated to have denied 1 responsibility for the statement attributed to him.
The general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., when seen this evening, said it appeared clear that Captain Davey had been discussing troulble caused by stowaways on his vessel, and. that his remarks had been directed against them and not against the workers.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1939, Page 2
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