SHIPPING HOLD-UP

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 71, 17 December 1920, Page 7

SHIPPING HOLD-UP

INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE AFFECTED ULIMAROA'S AND ZEALANDIA'S CREWS PAID OFF By Telegraph—Preiß A«soclation-Coryilirht Sydney, December 18. Tho stewards aboard • tho Cobm'a. Levuka. and Arrawatta have tendered notices that they are leaving tho vessels. Tho Lcvuka and Arrawatta left port before the notices expired.- ■ Tho Ulimaroa, duo to sail from Sydney for Wellington to-day, is among the ships affected by the cooks and stewards' di«; pute. Her stewards' twenty-four hours' notice expired last night.—Press Assn'. (Hoc December 16, 9.55 p.m.) Sydney, December IG. Tho nrews of the steamers Ulimaroa ■ and Zealandia havo been paid off. ■-■ The | Maheno and the Niagara, duo to, leavo , to-morrow, are fully booked with passengers, many of them for the Davis Cup contests. Tho suggestion is mo do -that the stowards' vacancies in tho former should be filled by New Zcalandors to enable tho vessel to sail, as half tho stewards belong to New Zealand. The firemen state that if the proposal is carried out they will refuso to sail. -J ho position is likely to becomo more serious than anticipated, as tho Workers' Federation, embracing-40,000 -workers, will support the stewards, and tho coal miners are .sympathetic. Tho Foderal secretary of tho Stowards Union has announced that-the men will give notice and loavo the ships as the vessels arrive at their ports throughout the Commonwealth.—Press Assn. ISOLATION OF TASMANIA PROBABLE EVIDENCE OF LONG-PLANNED STRIKE. Sydney, December 10. It Is stated that tho Sydney seamen will striko in sympathy with the ~;Losmanian seamen, who are engaged in a dispute with the shipowners—Presß Assn. (Eeo, December 16, 9.55 p.m.)-" Hobart, December 16. [ There is evidence thnt a striko was i planned somo time ago, for'seamen havo openly boasted during tho past mftnth: "Watoh December. 16. Tho hojd-up and isolation of Tasmania caused consternation, as this is. the third yoar in which the Christmas tourist season hag been dislocated, resulting in great ' _ A representative public meeting decided to ask Mr. Hughes to commandeer the steamer Loongana an,d so. maintain Mimmunication <with, the mainland.—Press Assn. ''...' ' ■' .