SEAMEN’S GRIEVANCE
SHIP HELD DP AT BRISBANE. THE MEN LEAVE SHIP. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn. —Coorrieht BRISBANE, December 19. ; When 4 the steamer Canberra arrived, ten members of the crew who had given thp requisite notice left the ship. Owing to, difficulty in filling the vacancies the 'departure of the steamer had to he postponed. The trouble is a continuation of the dispute which delayed the vessel at Sydney. - The secretory of the • local branch of the Seamen’s Union sent a letter to* the manager of the shipping company, stating that the men who had left the Vessel were dissatisfied at the . non-payment of claims made by them. If the claims, were met unconditionally, the menjprere quite prepared to return' to the ssqp; He added that men will not fill the vacancies owing to the above dispute. He considers that the - matter should be amicably settled at a ■ conference.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12017, 20 December 1924, Page 6
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148SEAMEN’S GRIEVANCE New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12017, 20 December 1924, Page 6
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