SHIPS AT AUCKLAND HELD
AUCKLAND, July 35. The crews of seven coastal ships ar. Auckland nnd Onehunga are holding llieir vessels in ]>ort to enable them to u 1 1 nnd a special stopwork meeting or 1 lie .Seunien 's Union tomorrow morning. Tlie action marks the spreading of tne dispnle on lighting and heating or coiislal ships. At the weekend only one slenmer, Ihe Union Uo. Korowai, was held up, Ihe crew supporting similar action liy the Westport seamen. The crew of Ihe same Company's eollier Kaimiro joined Ihe Korowai 's complenienl today and ihe steamer was unable lo leave for Westport to load anotlier coal cargo. Four Northern Steamslup Co. motor vessels whicli wero expected to sail tonight were also held in port. At Onehunga, Ihe Anchor Line steamer Kaitoa was expected to sail early tomorrow morning for Nelson, but lier crew informed ihe master that they mtended Lo attend the stopwork meeting. The motor vessel Hokianga is ready to sail for Hokianga, but has been delayed for some days tli rough tlie shortage of a cook.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19460716.2.57.4
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 8
Word Count
179SHIPS AT AUCKLAND HELD Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 8
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in