Marine Engineers May Paralyse Coastal Trade in Australia
Sydney, Sept. 29 Midnight tomorrow has been fixed as the zero hour for marine engineers to carry out their threat to walk off mter-State vessels. More than 120 vessels, which normally carry 750,000 tons of cargo every month, are affected. There is no sign of a settlement of the dispute which will paralyse almost completely Australia’s coastal trade unless an agreement is reached before tomorrow. The Minister of Supply and Shipping, Senator Ashley, says he has no plan for any intervention in the dispute at present, but will examine the position today. Many of the ships have already been tied up and others are being recalled to their home ports. A spokesman for the Maritime Commission described the threatened strike as “a catastrophe over nothing.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, 30 September 1947, Page 6
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