SHIPPING STRIKE.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1922, Page 1

SHIPPING STRIKE.

i_BY TELEGRAPH—PER PRESS ASSOCIATION! WELLINGTON SITUATION. WELLINGTON, November 14. No immediate cause for anxiety regarding flour and sugar exists in tin’s district. Orders placed for sugar will be railed from Auckland with a slight increase in evost of consumers. The Katoa, according to a Board of Trade statement, landed large shipments of sugar at Lyttelton, Dunedin, and the Bluff just prior to the trouble, and these have been railed to consignees. The local flour position is fairly satisfactory. Some bakers have supplies for 10 to 20 days, but some are practically out of flour, and a quantity is being brought for them from Carterton. Auckland and Manawatu can

be supplied by their own mills. The Government has received word that provisions are getting short in the Chatham Islands, and it has decided to send the Tutanekai there from Lyttelton on Thursday morning with passengers and stores. SHIPPING AIOVEAIENTS.

AVELLINGTON, November 14. Local shipping movements to-day were:

The Alatakana arrived at 1.40 a.m. from Auckland. The Afnunganui arrived at 3.15 a.m. from Sydney, after a rough passage. During a gale, a steward fell and dislocated his shoulder. The Admiral arrived at 8.35 from Picton, The Afahia saied at 3.10 p.m. for Picton and Auckland. The Echo sailed at 5 p.m. for Blenheim. The Atahia took no mails. Her crew refused to proceed if any mails were shipped. The Maunganni secured 33 men replacing Ihose who left.

ANCHOR COAIPANY. NELSON. November 14. The Anchor Coy., despatched the Nikon for Wellington at seven o’clock this evening with a full complement of passengers. The vessel left well to time. No disturbance of any kind occurred. A large crowd went down to see the vessel off. The members of the crows of other vessels were among the spectators. This service will help to relieve the plight of many small producers, to whom a cessation of shipping for any length of time would mean ruination. The Titoki has joined tlie idle fleet to-day.

Tlie AVaimea is due from the Coast to-morrow. She is following her example.

THE MAUNGANUI. AVELLINGTON, November 14. The Maunganni, which is on AVellington articles, berthed after arrival in port this morning. The seamen and firemen had gave notice on Sunday last. They were paid off this afternoon. The vessel was due yesterday, but on account of delays, was unable to make port until to-day. The crew seem to have anticipated this, for instead of giving the requisite twenty-four hours notice, they gave forty-eight hours notice from Sunday, The vessel is to sail for San Francisco via Rarotonga and Papeete, and at the time of wiring (10 p.m.) she is in the stream flying the “Blue Peter.” Tlie Union Company has secured a crew for her in the same way as the ATarnroa was manned yesterday. The Company officials stated that they had secured her complement, and that she would get away as soon as her loading operations were completed. The manning and working of this vessel which is considerably larger than tlie Afararon, the boat that was successfully worked yesterday, is rendered easier in one respect as she consumes oil fuel and carries no firemen.

ANOTHER SCRATCH CREAV. LYTTELTON. November 14. The AA’akatu arrived at Lyttelton from AYellington to-night. The crew will he paid off to-morrow, they having given notice at AYellington. Following on the decision of the Shipowners Federation to engage volunteer crews, the Union Company’s AAHngatui which is loaded with produce for Auckland, was quietly prepared for sen to-day. She has gone into the stream and it is expected the crew will be completed to-morrow, when the vessel will sail for Auckland direct. DUNEDIN REPORT. DUNEDIN. November 14. So far as can lie ascertained, the seamen who have been paid off at this port are merely awaiting developments in tlie north. As a matter of fact, they are showing but little interest in the hold up, realising that any further action which they may be required to take is dependent on the decisions arrived at in AA r ellington.