MARITIME WORKERS
REGULATION OF HOURS BRITISH OWNERS’ ATTITUDE LONDON, November 29. (Received Nov. 29, at 10 p.m.) “British ship owners are opposed co a convention to regulate hours of mam n:ng which does not take account of rates of pay,” said Mr Ronald Garrett, a director of the Orient Line, at the maritime conference. He argued that the suggested procedure would aggravate the existing disparity of wage rates bet cen various maritime nation^. Mr George Reed, on behalf of British seamen, regretted the British owners’ attitude, from which owners in the United States and France dissented. A sub-committee was appointed to proceed with preparations for a full conference.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22742, 30 November 1935, Page 13
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