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SEAMEN’S UNION WANTS DISCIPLINE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N-Z. Cable Association. (Received January 27, 11.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, January 27 Lively proceedings marked the monthly stop-work meeting of the Victorian branch of the Seamen's Union. The shipowners’ letter was considered, and after a long discussion it was resolved that the committee of management. as representing the union, should approach the shipowners again and put forward a suggestion that conciliation committees should be appointed in every port to deal with and reach a final understanding respecting each dispute as it arose. The general secretary (Mr Raeburn) said it was impossible for the committee sitting in Melbourne, perhaps five hundred miles from the scene of a dispute, to interpret the cause properly. The meeting agreed to inform the owners that it disclaimed the practice of any job control. The statement that an example should be made of those men who delayed ships through being drunk was greeted with loud cheers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17755, 27 January 1926, Page 7
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