LINER HELD UP.
EFFECT OF MEN’S DEMANDS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, March 19. The Commonwealth liner Fordsdale, the largest ship built in Australia, which was to have commenced her maiden voyage yesterday, has been laid up indefinitely by the’ Commonwealth Shipping Board. The action is the result of the Sea- : men’s Union claiming the right to select the crew by the ballot system. The owners refused to grant this and sent an ultimatum to the men, stating that the only crew engaged would be selected by the owners, and, failing suitable men offering, the vessel would be laid up indefinitely. As only the ballot men offered, this was accordingly done.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1924, Page 9
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