AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE
OWNERS COMPLAIN AGAINST
CONTROLLER.
■M" CAoI.iI—PRESS COPYKIGffiT SYDNEY, Jan. 6.
Shipowners complain .at the alleged inactivity of; the Shipping Controller in connection with the engineers" trouble. Vessels of inter-State companies are under the control of the Controller, and owners are powerless to make any move.towards a settlement unless instructed.
With a view to getting the Niagara away, the Union Company, which is not controlled by the Controller, has offered to concede the engineers' demands, subject to the conditions made ir. the final settlement between the Controller and the Union. The offer was declined, but negotiations are pro-
ceeding,
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Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 7 January 1920, Page 5
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101
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXX, Issue LXXX, 7 January 1920, Page 5
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