PORT HOBART at Aden Sept 24 for London

Strike by Southampton dockers affects the liners UNITED STATES and FAIRSTAR

      A 24-hour strike by Southampton dockers in protest over the employer’s rejection of a claim for more pay and better conditions brought cargo operations in the port to a halt.

   The strike, which is unofficial, was called by shop stewards at a meeting of the men.

   The liner UNITED STATES from New York, which was docking, has more than 5,300 bags of mail for Britain, which will remain in the hold until dockers resume work.

   More than 800 passengers from Australia on the FAIRSTAR were staying on board overnight and will land today.

Strike by Southampton dockers affects the liners UNITED STATES and FAIRSTAR

      A 24-hour strike by Southampton dockers in protest over the employer’s rejection of a claim for more pay and better conditions brought cargo operations in the port to a halt.

   The strike, which is unofficial, was called by shop stewards at a meeting of the men.

   The liner UNITED STATES from New York, which was docking, has more than 5,300 bags of mail for Britain, which will remain in the hold until dockers resume work.

   More than 800 passengers from Australia on the FAIRSTAR were staying on board overnight and will land today.

Cunard's passenger liner CARINTHIA arrives at Tail-of-the-Bank from Montreal and Quebec (Canada)

 CARINTHIA had arrived off Greenock to disembark passengers

 from Montreal and Quebec (Canada).

   The liner did not berth at Greenock, and anchored at

the Tail-of-the-Bank anchorage and disembarked

passengers to a chartered Clyde passenger steamer

which carried them to land at Princes Pier, Greenock.

   The passengers’ baggage was unloaded from the

anchored liner to a Clyde Puffer which was hired

for the day to come alongside the ship, and the

 baggage was taken to Princes Pier to be reunited

 with the passengers.

   CARINTHIA then left the Clyde, making for Liverpool

 where she would finish her trans-Atlantic voyage

 from Canada.

GUNTER SCHULTE arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde)

TALISKER arrived at Tail-of-the-Bank (the anchorage off Greenock, River Clyde) from Belfast

Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK sinks off Port Said, having been in a collision

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.

Portuguese tanker FOGO and Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK collide in the Mediterranean

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.

Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM tows crippled Bank Line cargo ship TRENTBANK

   The 6,310-ton Glasgow-registered motor vessel TRENTBANK. anchored off Port Said after being under tow since last Friday, sank today, according to reports reaching the headquarters of the Suez Canal Authority.

   The TRENTBANK was holed and crippled in a collision with the Portuguese tanker FOGO, and had been towed by the Liberian tanker HAROLD H HELM.

   An engineer was killed in the collision.

Injured Naval rating from HMS Oberon brought ashore at Ardrossan

From The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 2nd October 1964

When the submarine HMS "Oberon" was taking part in exercises in the Firth of Clyde on Thursday of last week, one of her ratings was scalded by escaping steam.
The rating was transferred to Ardrossan pilot boat, which brought him ashore where an ambulance was waiting to take him to Ballochmyle Hospital.

Ardrossan pilot boat brings an injured sailor from HMS Oberon to Ardrossan

From The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald dated Friday 2nd October 1964

When the submarine HMS "Oberon" was taking part in exercises in the Firth of Clyde on Thursday of last week, one of her ratings was scalded by escaping steam.
The rating was transferred to Ardrossan pilot boat, which brought him ashore where an ambulance was waiting to take him to Ballochmyle Hospital.

Blue Star's RHODESIA STAR arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Sydney and Melbourne

CLAN MACLENNAN arrives at King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Aden and Colombo via Birkenhead

CLAN MACLENNAN arrives at 9 King George V Dock, Glasgow to load for Aden and Colombo

U.S. President approves a study of a sea-level canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

U.S. President Johnson today signed a Bill which provides for a commission to be set up to study the question of a site for a sea-level canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

   The President called on Congress to provide $5million (about £1.8million) in the current fiscal year to finance the study.