PIG-IRON DISPUTE
MORE TROUBLE BREWING AT PORT KEMBLA. Recevied Feb. 15, 5.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Pcb. 14. More trouble is brewing over the pig-iron dispute at Port Kembla, where the steamer Tymeric is due to load lhe remainder of 21,000 tons of iron for Japan, which was left by the Dalfram. The local wharf labourers were hoping that the Federal Government would have placed a ban on the export of pig-iron in accordance with the promise made by the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. R. G. Menzies. However, the Prime Minister to-night stated that no such course was practicable.
EXPORT EMBARGO REFUSED. Received Feb. 15, 5.5 p.m. MELBOURNE, Feb. 15. The Federal Cabinet rejected the request of the waterside workers at Port Kembla to restrict the export of iron to Japan. This decision was based partly on information that the export of pig-iron will not prejudice Australian industries and partly ' on the ground that to impose an embargo because Japan is at war might be considered a provocative act.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 39, 16 February 1939, Page 7
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