DISCIPLINE SAPPED.

Dominion, 24 February 1913, Page 4

DISCIPLINE SAPPED.

JNi'THE.'MERCHANT ..5ERY1C8...,',.; • ■ (ByTolcßrapli.-?reM Atiseeiatiin.) ■"'-."' : -.', Auckland, 'February i3.''h/' Upon inquiry, yesterday, I 'it .-was-touiia., that no official rfolincatien of any ntrango-', nientwith the Aiistra lan' marine officer* in rejardito-th«;mercllant;sstvic« dispute"•' lfad.been received lecallK . thengh the .oniirlon was expressed that it was; unite likely.'that a mV*; would'-be'made to «e-.;, cure general cO'-opCration. In epcaking to a "Star" reporter an officer said that the ..- position was - IwcomingJ more intolerable [ ly ftwnro- of this state ef affairs tlifla.,j, werO looking for positions ashol'e., 'Al- ; r though shipning componie.'i'allowed fire- ■; men end sailors a great deal more lau- j tiide than formerly, officers were Mill, ex- ; peeled to g?t tho ssnio amount of work ■' done and to get tho Vessel away to time. The shipowners' motto appeared to bo "Peace at any price," hrtd iinconsoMipnco,' if an officer "had any difference;with tho. men ho could not fount upon tho sumiorfc of his company. No one was more keenily aware of this, Male of, nffaivs.-than tho man in the forecastle, and-he was nuiek to take advaMftge of the rosition. .Under such cireumstanee* it,, was well, nigh lintiost.ible Id .maintain .discipline/ and 'he felt, that un)o>* some drl&rmlned;.' step was t«kfn by officers nr shlnofrners there wa» serioun trouble ahead for New Zealand shipping; . .■ ■

Advantage w» taken on" Fahirdsy afternoon on (lie Hataila'i Bowliiix GMen to farewell Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pilkington, who are ■'leaving. for- Bnirland on Fridav. week. .■ Mr. Gaivin (nrefciclelit of (he club) ttaUd that Mr. Pilkinjjkm had been'a iiT*rt yrar'n ■ mnmber, atid an active supporter .'of the oliib duriiw its brief existence, and both he and Mrs. Pilkinrton were known und admired for their social qualifies. On behalf of (ha members of the club, he presented Mr, Pilltinjrbii aiih a travellinjr-rnf, withlha ■wish that they would have an enjoyablo' (rip, «ad a-wf« return. ;'.'

Uessrt. Williams and Kettle, Napier, announce elsewhere in this issue full par. ticulars regarding, the sale of a 5!5-«cr« dairy farm, The property Is situated two miles from a railway station. ;'.;

. Messrs. James Macintosh and Co,, an-, ntinnce that they will hold a.elearing sale of dOOO head of sheep and cattle at Happy .Valley. The date.and time of the saleis announced for Friday, February 28, and the sale will commcnue at 1 p.ni- ■