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New Threat
By Seamen
MELBOURNE, Jan. 16.
Seamen who returned to work
at midnight tonight after a mass
meeting today may strike again
next week.
This te. threatened —-less they
receive usual pay for the period
they were on strike against the
Government's emergency legisla-
Shlpowners' ? representatives
said tonight that tbey would re
fuse to pay the men for the time
they were on strike." The chair
man of the MelbotJ—ie Harbor
Trust (Mr. A. D. MC-Cer—le) said
that the Harbor Trust would aot
pay its Seamen's Union employes
for the period.
At their meeting, the seamen
passed a resolution that any vic
timisation or loss of wages from
their strike would cause imme
diate stop-work meetings. The
secretary of the Seamen's Union
(Mr. W. Bird) told shipowners
that the men expected to be
paid for the time they were on
strike.
The meeting also adopted a
resdutiion that any attempt to
Implement the emergency legis
lation would be met by imme
diate stop-work meetings, and
another condemning adverse
criticism by the secretary of the
Trades Hall Council (Mr. J. V.
Stout) of the direct action taken
by the Seamen's Union.
When the Throo—_ arrived to
day from Tasmania, seaman on
board who should have been on
strike volunteered to unload the
passengers' luggage. The Ta
roona sailed at midnight for
Beauty Point with a full com
plement of passengers, but It
carried no cargo.
Work will be resumed on over
seas ship6 at 8 ajn. tomorrow,
and on Interstate ships on Mon
day.
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