EFFORT TO BEAT STRIKE AT FLYING-BOAT BASE
(Recd. . P- This p ay Because of the employees’,strike at the Rose Bay flying boat base the American baritone, John Thomas, is travelling more than 2000 miles out of his way to reach New Zealand. He aims to re A cl \ T Well ~”g ton still in time to open his New Zealand season on Wednesday night. Thomas, his manager and accompanist left by Pan American airliner for Fiji, where they will tiansfei at midnight tonight to the southbound Skymaster of Australian National Anways, travelling from Vancouver to Auckland. , , , The air service to London has not been affected by the strike, accoi fling to a Qantas spokesman, who saifl that 17 passengers booked to leave by the flying boat on Saturday were on their way. They did not leave Rose Bay however, and the spokesman would not reveal what means the company was using to beat the strike. It was stated elsewhere that passengers were being flown by landplane to a flying-boat base in North Australia and there connecting with a flying boat for London. _ The dispute will come before the conciliation commissioner today.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 July 1947, Page 5
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