SHIP HELD UP

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 187, 25 August 1937, Page 5

SHIP HELD UP

-Press Association.

Trouble at Lyttelton MANNING OF THE WINCHES

By Telegraph-

CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Through a dispute between seamen and waterside workers as to the manning of the winches of the small coastal vessel, Taupata, at Lyttelton, 'another vessel, the Union Stean* Ship Company's Waimarino, was held up to-day and she -was sent away this evening with most of her Auckland cargo for Lyttelton still in the holds. On the Taupata this morning the watersiders repeated their demand that watersiders should replace seamen at the winches. This was refused by the agents for the vessel, and the men thereupon left for their homes, most of them travelling by the 9.21 a.m. train. The Taupata is still held up. The trouble on the Waimarino arose concerning the engagement of railway labour. Only sufficient union labour for one gang was secured when the railway watersiders from the Taupata presented themselves for engagement, elaiming preference to non-union labour then available. The officials of the Railway Department declined to engage the men on the ground that they were still under engagement for the uncompleted job at the Taupata. No attempt was made, however, to engage the non-union men. On the Waimarino only one gang was able to begin work, the remainder of ships' watersiders about 75 men, stand-ing-by for two and three-quarter hours, for which they will be paid until dismissed. T£e whole dispute has been referred by the shipping eompanies to the Shipowners' Fedcration at Wellington.