SEAMEN ON STRIKE.
EXTENSION OF INQUIRY OPPOSED In regard to the proposed tribunal in connection with the seamen's dispute, tho - secretory* of the Seamen's Union 'has written to the Prime Minuter, declining • to agree to the suggestion made by : the shipowners that the tribunal should deal with general matters in depute concerning the interpretation of -he industrial agreement. "Wo beg respectfully tomalia it quite'clear/' states the- letter, "that we _do not. agree to the speciai tribunal deciding .any question other than, the number of men in ■■>. watch at sea; and if its scope of inquiry is intended to' include other matters we shall be compelled to refrain from taking part in .its deliberations. Being acquainted with : the feeling of members on the ..oini, I personally can hold out no hop« of the condition in regard to the row , utions being withdrawn." In the same letter the seamen complain of the alleged action of' the ship« owners in bringing about the withdrawal of the extra man in the watch from the Tainui. They state :- "We have to bring under your notice: the action of the owners of tho steamer Tainui. _ Up to September 24 .his vessel was sailing with two dec!: hinds in a watch, but at Wanganui <\i September 25 the owners of the vessel p. {]■«< question to the crew as to wheUm ' ;y would t>a agreeable to take the ship to sea with one man in a watch, at the sarao tune-inti-mating to the men that they intended to comply in this respect with the New Zealand Shipowners' Federation, and not sail with more than one man in ~ watch. "On receiving a reply <n the negative, tho men were informed that they would be discharged, and immediately recei -d notice to It>ive the vessel, . .id were duly discharged. In view of tins action we desire to know svhat steps, i f any, your Government proposes taking against the Shipowners' Federation and the owners of this vessel for incitbg Md procuring a seditious lock-out in an essential ir>« dustfy."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16658, 1 October 1917, Page 4
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339SEAMEN ON STRIKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16658, 1 October 1917, Page 4
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