AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11847, 31 May 1919, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING STRIKE.

ANOTHER BALLOT TO BE TAKEN, United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Sydney, May 30. The committee has made final arrangement for a ballot of seamen throughout Australia on the question : Shall ships be manned forthwith. If so manned, the whole dispute will be referred to the Arbitration Court. In view of it, the local ballot, which evoked a poor response, has been stopped. LUMPERS REFUSE TO COAL LOYALIST BOATS. Melbourne, May 80, The coal lumpers refused to work steamers on which loyalists are employed. The Coal Board has decided to regulate the coal supply. From Wednesday only essential industries will be supplied.