LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17840, 12 October 1929, Page 7

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

MARITIME CONFERENCE. 31 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED. (By Telegranli—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian t-res* Associanon.t GENEVA, Oct, 10. Thirty-one countries arc represented by 102 "delegates and 152 advisers at a Maritime Conference called by the League of Nations. It is to considei the possibility of applying the Washington Eight Hour Convention to seamen. British shipowners refused to be represented, because they are dissatisfied with the British delegation. This they say is not, representative. The only claim of Mr Ben Tillett, M.P., to act as a British delegate, they contend, is that he once was a dpek labourer. Other shipowners passed a resolution associating themselves with the British protest. The agenda of the conference includes the regulation of hours of work on board ship, the promotion of seamen’s welfare in ports, the establishment of the minimum requirement of professional capacity in case of captain, navigating engineer and officers. Dr. Eduardo Aunos, Spanisb Minister of Labour, was elected president of the conference and Mr Tillett vicepresident.