THE SHIPPING STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 234, 27 June 1919, Page 7

THE SHIPPING STRIKE

—■—* ■ ■ TROUBLE MAY END THIS WEEK By TeleeraDh—Press A'isoclation-OoDyriffhJ (Rec. June 2G, 10.25 p.m.) Melbourne, June 26.' Tho Gaiemment has voted ,£SOO for the relief of distress owing to the shipping strike. Otherwise t;he position is unchanged. The general 'secretary of tho Seamen's Union has arrived, and met the Federal Council. He stated that the seamen of New South "Wales, Queensland, and Victoria were determined not to accept arbitration.—Press Assn. , , HOPE FOR THE~siANDED NEW ZEALANDERS v Sydney, June 26. The president of the local branch of the Seamen's Union, speaking at a meeting of the stranded New Zealanders, guaranteeil that the seamen would not obstruct their 'return to New Zealand. He predicted that the strike would end this week. —liress Assn. PREFERENCE LISTS CANCELLED. (Rec. Juno 26, 10.25 p.m.) Sydney, Juno 26. ' , Tho New Zealand Government Agent has announced'that, in accordance with a cablegram from the Hon. G. W. Bus-sed,'all-preference lists of the stranded New Zealanders, have been cancelled. It would be left entirely in the discretion of tho Union Company to arrange the passages. ■•■-.. The secretary of the-New Zealand Seamen's Union has cabled that the question of manning the Moeraki rests with the Australian Union.—Press Assn.