THREE SHIPS NOW IDLE
CANBERRA DISPUTE SPREADS. THE UNIONS AT VARIANCE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 10J30 p.m. Sydney. Oct. 16. The Victorian seamen refused to man the steamer Dimboola, which intended to take up the Canberra’s running, as the result of the strike. A crew for the 'Wear has not yet been obtained. The owners are now considering making a call for voluntary labour for the Canberra and Wear. The Arbitration Court has called a compulsory conference to try to settle the dispute on Monday. The Federated Stewards’ Union has sent a letter to the Seamen’s Union expressing the deepest resentment at the Seamen’s Union’s attitude in laying up the Canberra and Wear, which is described as farcical, and nothing short of imbecility. The letter emphasises that any man who claims to have been victimised and causes a strike himself victimises the whole crew and. their dependants. The proper course was to refer the dispute to kindred unions, who, in this instance, were not consulted. “This indiscriminate forcing of men out of employment at a time when ships are as scarce as sovereigns is most reprehensible, and is playing into the hands of the shipping companies,” the letter adds.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1931, Page 7
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