SHIPPING CONFERENCE.
HOURS OF WORK. DELEGATES DISAGREE. By Telegraph--Brets Association—CopjiigM. Router's Telegrams. (Received Juno 28, 12,10 p.m.) ROME, Juno 26. . At the Shipping Conference at Genoa, Air Movcy, tho Seamen’s and Fishermen’s Union representative, moved _an amendment to the- draft convention, restricting the working hours aboard ships to eight daily, and forty-eight weekly. A delegate from, the Shipping Federation opposed tho amendment, as inspired by insular ideas. Mr Burke. Australian delegate, in supporting tho amendment, declared that tho hours in tropical countries should he reduced to six daily. Tho amendment was rejected by 16 to 14. Mr Burke proposed that the seamen leave the Conference, alleging that the Government delegates and shipowners were against the seamen. Mr Morey protested that the Government delegates were voting contrary to the spirit of tho Peace Treaty. The French seamen urged the conference to continue, in tho hope of accomplishing something. Mr Burke thereupon withdrew his proposal, and the Conference decided that no boys under fourteen should bo employed on ships.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19986, 28 June 1920, Page 7
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