SHIPPING DISPUTE.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1923, Page 4

SHIPPING DISPUTE.

I’.MSOIFTIOX F.XI'KCTKI)

I UV 'rr.I.KC.RAi'JI — I'ilit muss association]

WEI.UXGTOX. damwrv 18. '[’here ate important developments ill t 11 no -tion v. ill; the ship; nig di - pole. and there is every indication that work oil the vessels v. ill he resumes !)-• the I nion Company next Tuesday. It is umlrsto id that no ml vice h s keen received hy the l nion in regard to the suspension 01 Section if! of the Shipping and S: ariwn’s Ait. and difficulty may lie ovensmited i! .the suspension is continued. The p i'ent depritation from the Tcdcvated Seamen's I nion and the All - mice of 1. •.liiii.r urged l- at t’:e sospen--ion should lie removed. To-day Mr W. I’. Aitkmi and .Mr \Y ,\. Kennedy, representativos of Ihe Shipowners' Federation. waited i n Mr Massey in regard to the clispnfe. Mr 11. k. Hammond (Acting Secretary of the Federation) later made the following statement:- 1 ' I lie l’rinio Minister has informed the representatives of the Shipowners" Federation that the i'sxecuive of the Seamen’s Union had intininled*lo him the willingness of the members to resume work on Tuesday next. To prevent the s’lgge-tioh that the shipowners are delaying a settlement, and to avoid any misunderstanding in the event of the men offering t'mnis'lves for re-engagement the Federation oouimimicaled with t!.<■ Seamen’s onions, asking if the members are prepared in work under ilie conditions of tin- Arbitration Court .'.ward, and will they work' with the men now employed cii tlm ships. Tap t'liion had been iaf"riiii'd that as soon as the assiiinnce i■ given 1 ■'• iL the men will observe the award, and will work with the men now op ships, the shipowners will (.lira ■ :<• l non In ho: r. Mr T. Young. Secret ary of the Sc ■- ice's I nion. has declined io make any staicmi'lil. ]l is itit'Uvsena io Hole that t lie strike cnmnienccd at Auckland on Xuvein'or Ist. and <n NovmiiWw 10th. all the f ni ii crew s g vr not i: e.