TRAFFIC CONGESTED AT SYDNEY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1917, 27 November 1913, Page 9

TRAFFIC CONGESTED AT SYDNEY.

MCW ZKALANI) I'ASSKMiKHS I.MPATIKNT. iiy Telegraiih-Prcss Association-Copyright Sydney, November iG. The ollices nl the Union Company, were hesiegi'd .\estord.iy by intending passengers to New Zealand, and much iiiliMiyniiro was expressed at the unavoidable delay. .Many |K'oplc remained about wailing news of :i possible prospect of getting away. Over -101 l appli<■;•.(ions wi'ie made for berths on tho first- hunt to sail. Four hundred have been hooked by the Maheno, whioh has only a remote prospect of sailing to-day. These include tile .Manuka's complement. The vessels iaitl up are ihe Mnkura, Manuka." Maheuo.' luritane, ar.d Willoclira. ' • The mails removed from the Manuka were transhipped to'the- Zeahmdic, for Auckland. She also look a largo portion ol the .Dune-din mail, which usually goes south via Melbourne. The Jicalandio took 117!) bags of mails —a record for one steamer to the Dominion. Jt included an Fngiish mail by tiio Macedonia. The millers at Woilongong have struck a levy of a shilling a fortnight to assist the' New Zealand strikers. The Newcastle .Miners' Kxcentivo' h'.is decided similarly, if the lattcr's decision is confirmed by the miners' lodges, the contribution from Newcastle wdl, be over £-100 fortnightly. (Tiee. November 2G, !),oo p.m.) Sydney, N'ovember 20. The Union Company's clerks have finished unloading the Willoehra and ALniinkn, and are now engaged removing the Makura's fruit. The 'J'of.ia has arrived from Fiji with a record cargo'of bananas, the perishable nature of which makes a quick clearance necessary, but so far no attempt- bns been made to unload the vessel.

Mr. M'Gowcn (.Minister for Labour) and Mr. Carmichael (Minister for Education) Jiavo conferred with tiie secretary of tho Seamen's Union. It is reported that tho Ministers unavailingly used their endeavours to obtain some modification of the attitude of the Seamen's Union in declining to man the Nets' Zealand steamers. An interesting development to-day was the . expressed willingness of the' Orama's stranded immigrants to work I.lm Maheno to New Zealand if required. An official of tho Union Company asked for volunteers, and during the morning thirty names were handed in. The men were asked to stand hv. readv, for a call. . • "

Tiie "Sun" publishes a statement to the effect that the Union Company is desirous of shifting the stranded immigrants. It is proposed to lilan the Manuka, with frea labour, much of which would ho supplied by tlio immigrants thomseives, with a sufficient percentage of skilled sea labour. The paper adds that industrial union officers, fearing a great upheaval amongst the waterside and other transport industries, prevailed upon the company to stay its hand while a special appeal was made to tho'Seamen's Union to treat the case of tho immigrants as a special one, and to work the Manuka t> New Zealand, and also to regard the dispute as being not affected by this <:Wices;sion. Tho secretary of tho union' declined to agree to this proposal, which, it is understood, the seamen were not willing to entertain. '■ (lice, November 27, 0.20 a.m.) Sydnay, November 26. The, Union Company proposes to dispatch the Maheno to-morrow, afternoon with a scratch crew, which, it is understood, Ims been secured.' , Failing any <if the crew presenting themselves, their places will be filled'by the Orama's immigrants.

-SEAMEN'S DELEGATE IN SYDNEY. (Bee. November 26, 8.45 p.m.) Sydtisy, November 26. A delegate., from the New Zealand Seamen's Union arrived here to-day and conferred with the general secretary of the Federated Seaman's Union of Australasia and tho assistant-secretary of the Victorian Seamen's Union. The- business of tho' conference Was not divulged. SHIPPING CLERKS RESTIVE. (Itec. November 26, 8.45 p.m.) Sydney, November 26. A spceial meeting of tho shipping clerks will be liidd to-night to consider the position of the clerks who were engaged in discharging cargo from the. Union Company's steamers'. The president of the Clerks' Union states that somo of the members are very soro at being asked to handle cargo. Some refused to do so, but he instructed, them to continue, pending his union's decision as to tho line of action to bo token., (lice. November 27, 0.20 a.m.) ' SyJnsy, November 26. At a, meeting of a section of tho Clerks' Union on the wharf it was resolved: "That in view of the fact that, with the exception of tho Wharf Labourers' Union, the unions immediately concerned are taking no action in the .strike, this union is of opinion that its members should continue to perform their usual duties, but should refuse to perform any work- other than that of a clerical nature. This decision is lively to involve developments. PASSENGERS STRANDED. (Roe. November 26, 8.43 p.m.) Sydltey, November 20._ It is reported that a number of the Oramn'-s .passengers who are on route to New Zealand are ,stiande:l, to the dislocation of the steamer service. Though a number of them have money in New Zealand bunks, they are provided with oiilv sufficient ready casii— without reckoning, strike (lelays-to laud them in Nesv Zealand. Others are in a stiil worse case, as all then" available funds have been csliaustcd in paying board in Sydney.