The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Joseph Savage, announced) to-day that the Federation of Labour and the Waterside Workers' Union had agreed to advise their affiliated bodies to "work" Japanese ships.
Dockers and waterside workers had threatened to boycott all such vessels as a protest against Japanese activi-fies in China.
The Cabinet had a three-hour conference to-day with the leaders of ihe Federation of Labour and the Waterside Workers' Union. The Government, it is understood, took a serious view of the situation Reuter.
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