SEAMENS' UNION.

Grey River Argus, 22 September 1910, Page 6

SEAMENS' UNION.

(Per Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Sept. 21. The conference of die Executive Council of the Australasian Federated Seamen's Union, occupied pretty well the whole of to-day discussing the invasion of Lascar manned ships into the inter-colonial trade. £5 a result the Conference resolved — "'That in the interests of 'the national Yic of the Dominion the Government be requested to legislate— (a) to so jnend the Shipping and Seamen's Act that all ships, irrespective of where .reg-istered-or owned ■ engaged in coastal, inter-colonial, >or South Pacific Isla.nd trade, shall be compelled to observe the industrial conditions and rates of wages as are -observed- and" paid by. ships owned in the Dominion ; cr, \h) to 'subsidise all local or Australian companies operating in the inter-col-onial trade who conform to the Australasian industrial conditons 5 or, (c) to tax passengers and freights carried by alien manned vessels so. that they do not compete unfairly with Australian vessels; ox, (d) failing that to so tax passengers and freight carried by ships not observing the industrial conditions and rates of wages of New Zealnd sufficient to subsidise the New Zealand Shipowners for loss sustained by such unfair competition. It was decided to ask the Prime Minister and the Minister of Marine to receive a deputation of the Confer-, ence to place these maters before them with a request for legislation this session to cope with the matter. Messrs Pool-e, McLaren, and Laurenson, M.P.s', are "to be asked to introduce the deputation, and many members of the House are to be asked to accompany it.