THE STRIKE FOLLY
AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES. SYDNEY, March 19. Owing to trivial disputes ten collierieg in the Northern field are idle and 1850 miners are unemployed. The Commonwealth liner Fordsdale, the largest ship built in Aus tralia, which was to have commenced her maiden voyage yesterday, is laid up indefinitely by the Commonwealth Shipping Board. The action is the result of tile Seamen's Union claiming the right to select the crew by ballot, a system the owners refused to grant. This was sent as 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 ballot men offered, this has been done. .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18968, 20 March 1924, Page 7
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121THE STRIKE FOLLY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18968, 20 March 1924, Page 7
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