SEAMEN AMALGAMATE
UNION BETWEEN AUSTRALIA , AND NEW ZEALAND.
SYDNEY, December 5. The "Sydney Morning Herald" announces that the Federated Scamen’a Union of Australasia is about toabsorb the New Zealand Seamen’s Union. Under the amalgamation the funds of the unions will he pooled, and the entire service worked as one great organisation. i "A PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT.” AUCKLAND, December 5. The secretary of the Auckland branch of the Seamen’s Union states that the announcement regarding the amalgamation between Australia and New Zealand is premature. A conference between Australia and New Zealand to consider the question is not to be held until March. The Auckland branch is not enthusiastic inasmuch as it is proposed that New Zealand centres shall become subbranches and the finances be pooled, and had passed a resolution to strongly oppose any move in this direction. The branch had also resolved to advise the Neuc Zealand delegatee to act carefully, as New Zealand has preference to unionists, Which is not included in the Australian award.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8296, 6 December 1912, Page 7
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