SEAMEN'S LICENCES
SYSTEM TO BE CONTINUED STRIKERS' HOPES DASHED (Received February 14, 11.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Feb. 14 The seamen's hopes of obtaining a relaxation of the licensing regulations were finally dashed to-day when the Attorney-General, Mr. R. G. Menzies, issued a statement to the effect that the regulations were the unavoidable consequence of the strike. Replying to assertions that volunteers were incompetent, Mr. Menzies said he had inquired from the shipowners, who claimed that the majority of the men were competent and that the ships were being efficiently run. The owners wanted the regulations to be continued to ensure the smooth running of the industry. Provision had been made for the withdrawal of licences from volunteers who proved incompetent. Mr. Menzies praised the efforts of the officers of the Australian Council of Trades Unions to bring an end to the foolish strike, but said that no group stood to gain more from the Arbitration Court than organised labour. If the Court was to discharge its responsibility for industrial justice the Government could not compromise.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22344, 15 February 1936, Page 13
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