Blue Funnel Action No Breach of Last Year's Agreement Hongkong, Apr. 9.
It is understood that*Mr. Luk King-fo and the Civil Governor of Canton have promised to approach the British Consul-General, in conjunction with the delegates of the Seamen's Union who left for Canton last night, with regard to the action of Messrs. Butterfield & Swire in engaging non-union seamen for the Blue Funnel steamer Bellerophon.—Reuter.
Hongkong, April 10.
The delegates of the Seamen's Union have returned from Canton. They state that the British Consul-General upheld the view of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire that, since the new crew engaged for the Blue Funnel liner, Bellerophon, was composed of non-Union men, the strike agreement arrived at last year did not affect them.—Reuter.
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