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MARINE COOKS. PICKING DP SUSPENDED. Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, June 19. Following upon the refusal of the cooks to sign Tor the Huddart Parker steamer Barwon, the owners have suspended picking up crews for ait ships. • . ~ The trouble is believed to he the outcome" of £h& vessel's sailing. lasH week from Adelaide wftifout cooks. The crew, who are all unionists, are "being paid victualling allowance. It is understoifT t?ie coolfs are acting under union orders, but it is believed that the trouble will be speedily settled and will not interrupt the resumption of the normal services^ As a counter claim to the marine stewards, whose new log, claiming increased wages and shorter hours, has been submitted to' the Arbitration Court, the owners have submitted a log asking for a general reduction, of wages and an increase in the daily hours of work.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 72, 20 June 1928, Page 5
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143MORE TROUBLE Stratford Evening Post, Issue 72, 20 June 1928, Page 5
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