Shipping Trouble.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1923, Page 4

Shipping Trouble.

FEELING IN DI'NEDIN. DI'NKDIN. Januaiy 211. i .Mr Clarke, secretary of the Seamen's Rn ion. stated this morning, that as die result of the neti m of the Alinister , in allowing imou-dified men to remain in ships til! reaching H-e pert wh-n tlu-v joined, seme vessels eouhl cnily uii(|iialified crews lor a period nf not exceeding six months. For example, the Kaitoke sailed from Port C'haiim rs a few davs ago, with free labour, and unless xlm return-, to Port C ha!- ; niers from Newcastle the men may he retained for a month, or until the articles ex))ire. ! STATEMENT BA' MINISTER. i AVET.I/ANGTON. .Ta niiarv 2P. The Alinister of Afariee. Hie TTon G . J. Aiu’-rum. made the fubowing state- '■ iiis-nl le-dnv: “Afy sitfordioii has 1-eeii eidh-d In -i -dateinent hv Afr Clark secretary of (lm Dunedin branch e.f the Set-men’s Union to the effort that Afr Massey iiromiJM’d to reinstate Die suspended reiiiiiremonts of the Shipping and Seamen .V-t and had failed to redeem his promise. This sDitemmd is enntrai y to f’aef.. The orov’si- ns wee reinstate,! a! th- r.u-.eliisim, n r the recent shim ieg tr* -d-le. To re”lv to a eo-nmbuieafion --peeived en Vit-wdjy X i infe-snod Afr f'l-irk (bat T lr-,-1 consulted (be Crown T.av- (AfTiee’.ard bad I b'-en adt'e-j men emnloved *vi si-ills ereild rof be d isefia ri-ed i-nlesc f key desired if iv* - 1 D-e vessels, reteri'ed (o fb r -1r home ns,-!< and the arD'cle* I under wbi-b (he me" fin.] been engaired