MANNING SHIPS

Northern Advocate, 1 December 1925, Page 5

MANNING SHIPS

CONJOINT COMMITTEES

FORMULATING PROCEDURE.

CURT NOTIFICATION.

(Received 9.40 a.m.)

SYDNEY, This Day

Ships' captains, representatives of owners and members of the British Seamen's Strike Executive have been formed into a committee to arrange for manning ships affected by the strike. Men who have not rejoined the Beltana, Hurunui and Tairoa by 5 p.m. today will be posted as deserters. In Melbourne, where a similar committee is acting, the men will be given till 5 p.m. on Wednesday to rejoin.

When ships whose crews are at the same port have been manned the question of placing men whose ships are at other ports will be dealt with. Finally the cases of men whose ships have left Australia will be considered and an endeavour will be made to place them in other vessels. —IA. and N.Z.

IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION.

TWO HUNDRED OVERPLUS

(Received 1;30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. A mass meeting of striking seamen decided -to resume work immediately on terms similar to those announced in Sydney. There are now only four vessels idle in Melbourne. Many of the strikers have found employment ashore and will remain in Victoria. It is estimated that on the manning of all ships now affected toy the strike being completed there will be about 200 men who cannot *be absorbed and these will have to be returned to England.—A. and N.Z.