WHALING STRIKE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22509, 28 August 1936, Page 11

WHALING STRIKE

BRITISH SEAMEN JOIN NORWEGIAN CREWS' BLOCKADE (Beceived August 26, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, August 20 Tho Oslo correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the whaling strike in Norway has taken a serious turn as 120 British seamen who were sent to replace tho Norwegian strikers decided to support them. Four tugs arrived at Sandefiord to-day to tow tho two Unilever floating factories, tho Southern Princess and the Southern Empress, across tho North Sea. Tho strikers are reported to havo kidnapped the mate of tho Southern Princess and the blockade of the whaling fleet appears to bo complete. The Seamen's Union has more than 100 motor launches ready to carry pickets to any ship where strikebreaking is attempted. The British National Union of Seamen has decided to discourage any attempt to recruit seamen to go to Norway during the dispute. A message from Oslo says special police have been sent to reinforce the police at Sandefiord owing to the behaviour of strike pickets. The strike developed on August 19 out of the rejection of a British proposal regarding the maximum of whale oil to be produced next season. The Norwegian quota proposals were 429,000 barrels less than the British proposals. The first step in tho blockade occurred when 100 Norwegians engaged in the two Unilever floating factories stopped work. GERMAN INDUSTRY FLEET FOR ANTARCTIC DEVELOPMENTS SECRET BERLIN, August 26 Because whale oil provides glycerine which is used in high explosives, the German press has been forbidden to report developments in the German whaling industry. Tho first whaling fleet is almost completed. It consists of tho converted liner Wurttemberg and six 340-ton whalers. The fleet will go to tho Antarctic shortly.