NO WORK AT MELBOURNE
ALL OVERSEAS STEAMERS TIED
MELBOURNE, 30th Nov.. Though an unofficial statement has gained currency that the overtime strike has been postponed till after Christmas, watersiders were not working to-day. Several hundred attended the morning pick-up, hut in view of the shipowners’ ukase that they would not take on men unless the latter agreed to work overtime none of those offering signed on. Vigilance officers of the federation instructed men already engaged for today to continue work on the conditions on which thev were engaged, but to cease punctually at-five o’clock. Work was continued on a few vessels, but all overseas steamers, including the Mnloja, are now tied up. It is not known whether the (Maloja will remain in Melbourne or go on lo Sydney, her terminal port. She has 2000 tons of cargo for Melbourne and 3000 for .Sydney. She landed 130 passengers at Melbourne and has 160 for Sydney and New Zealand. Mr Swanson, spokesman for the Overseas Shipping Association, stated to-day that he placed little faith in the report that the strike would be suspended till after Christmas.
Information from shipping company officers who attended the morning pick-, up was that the men had received definite instructions not to work overtime, and as this was one of the shipowners’ stipulations no wharf labourers offered their services.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 December 1927, Page 5
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222NO WORK AT MELBOURNE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 December 1927, Page 5
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