CREW FOR THE FORDSDALE.
MEN DISREGARD UNION.
A. and N.Z.
SYDNEY, Mar. 20.
Members of the Seamen's Union disregarded the instructions of the union not to join the new Commonwealth liner Fordsdale. Over 70 per cent, of tho crew have now signed on.
The owners state that having won their point, the vessel will sail in a . day or two. The union claimed the right to select the vessel's crew by the ballot system. .-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 9
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74CREW FOR THE FORDSDALE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 9
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