THREE BRITISH SHIPS HELD UP AT MELBOURNE
(Rec. 2 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Though three of five British ships which were held up in Fremantle have now sailed, British seamen m Melbourne are refusing to take three other ships to sea as a protest against the new pay rates which will operate next month. , ,•>, The Samcrest and Pipinki should have sailed on Saturday and the Beechwood yesterday. The seamen held a meeting late yesterday and were told by representatives of the crews of five ships that these vessels would also be involved unless an assurance was received from the National Union of Seamen that the present wages rates would not be reduced. These ships, whose crews are prepared to join the others when loading is finished, are the Empire Star, the Fort Latour, the Empire Cowdrey, the Cressington Court, and the Frian.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 March 1947, Page 7
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