FOUR VESSELS INVOLVED

Evening Star, Issue 21748, 16 June 1934, Page 3

FOUR VESSELS INVOLVED

COOKS' AND STEWARDS' DISPUTE MON9WAPS SYDNEY TRIP CANCELLED [Pe* United Press Association.) ; WELLINGTON. June 15. Two more vessels became involved in: the dispute between the Union Company and the Cooks and Stewards' Union at Wellington to-day. The four vessels now affected are the Monowai, ■ the Makura, the Maori, and the Kaimai. On Thursday, while the liner Monowai, was bound from Auckland to Wellington, a number of stewards gave notice, and on her arrival at Wellington this morning they refused to reconsider the matter, and early in the afternoon forty-four men were signed off the vessel. These men all had their homes in Wellington, and were nearly all bedroom stewards. An attempt was made to despatch the Monowai for Sydney at 3 p.m., but it is understood that tho remainder of the crew refused to take her-to sea short-staffed,, and as a consequence the Union* Company cancelled the vessel’s sailing and gave notice to the remaining 140 members of the crew, of whou fifty-seven are members of the Cooks and Stewards’ Union. The men are to be paid off.

The second vessel to be affected was the collier Kaimai, which arrived early to-day from Westport. One of the stewards had become ill on the trip from Westport, and went ashore on arrival at port. Several attempts were made to replace this man, but all proved unsuccessful, and during the afternoon the company gave notice to the crew, who will be paid off. No further meeting of the union was held to-day. but one has been called for to-morrow morning.

The Government is being advised o! all developments in the dispute, but so far has not considered it necessary to intervene in any way. The Post and Telegraph Department, when regular mail steamers are held up, transmits all mails by the next best despatch available.