AMATEUR CARGO HANDLERS.

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AMATEUR CARGO HANDLERS.

THEIR POSITION TO BE DISCUSSED.

PLIGHT OF IMMIGRANTS

,\ (Received Norcmber 26th, 8.45 p.m.) SXDXEY, NoTember 26. ';V The delegate of the New Zealand - Simon's Union arrived to-day and * conferred with the general secretary of ""•' *fie Federated Seamen's ITnion of Aus.jV*falasia : and the assistant secretary of £i A& Victorian Seamen's: Union. The •Ji fastness of the meeting has not been '■■'■'':■ ?''. A special meeting of shipping clerks, f Iβ be held to-night, will consider the '-position of clerks who aro engaged^in the cargo of tho Union & Cqjapany'e eteamers; The president of Union states that some r are very sore at beinjc asked

to handle cargo. Some refused to do so, but the Union instructed them to continue work pending the Unisn'e decision as to the line of action to be followed. . . It is j-reported that a number of the Orama's pasicngers en routo to New Zealand are stranded, owing to the dielocation of the steamqr service. Thongh a number havo money in New Zealand banks, they are provided with only sufficient ready cash—they were reckoning without strike delays—to land them in Now Zealand. Others are in a etill worse case, all their, available funds having been exhausted in paying their board.