SEAMEN’S CONFERENCE

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160710, 24 July 1920, Page 2

SEAMEN’S CONFERENCE

LONDON, July 23. Messrs Guthrie, Leslie, and Burke have returned to London. Interviewed, they said they considered the Genoa Seamen's Conference was satisfactory from the Australian standpoint, although they were disappointed that the forty-eight-hour week, which Australia strongly supported, was not adopted. The necessary two-thirds majority was not reached by one vote, due to the strong stand of the British Government delegates supporting th© shipowners. However, the delegates were satisfied the seamen’s hours will be revised. DiscussI ing employment and insurance, tho dej legates said the upshot of the Conference was that there was a promise that faciI lities for finding crews would be greatly increased. Seamen would cease to be penalised for obtaining employment as hitherto.