SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1925, Page 3

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

A CREW KESEMK. IH'NKI)IX. September ‘JO. The Rainiigu's crew all resumed work this morning, following tin' decision arrived at lasi evening. ST I! 1K K SENTKNYKS. SYDNEY. Sept. 29. Seventeen more seamen were sentenced to seven days* hard labour, in connection with the strike. HI! ISIIA N I'.. Sept. JO. A threat by the Seamen's t nion to declare black any pilot "ho takes charge of the steamer Port Auckland continues to prove ellective. I lie Go-, vcrnment have made no move to eotmtevmand its order that pilots he not supplied to the vessel. The case ol the Port Auckland is said to he one ol the most remarkable in the history ol commerce iu (Queensland and is being v Matched with keen interest by the morcantile section in Urisliane. .Ministerial and official heads have refused to discuss the position. .Meantime, the steamer Ayrshire is unable to berth into take aboard a large consignment of frozen meat. MELBOERNE. Kept. 29. It is considered unlikely that the crew of the Orvielo will join the strike. Apparently the efforts of the strike delegates who visited the ship to embroil the crew had no effect, as only ‘ live mi'll at tended the meeting which was abandoned. The deck crew and .stewards arc said to be loyal. If any trouble arises it will probably come from the tireinen. BERTH, Sept. 2d. Between two and three hundred British seamen .swarmed aboard the steamer Demodc'iis. .which arrived from England recently, and intimidated the crew, w hich ioineil tie* strike. Ihe - crew consists of twenty Europeans and forty Chinese.

NIAGARA DELAYED. DIXI’ETK tfVER OIL. A EUR LAND, Sept. 29. Seven American deserting “jaekies" were placed aboard the Niagara. The departure of the ves-cl was delayed owing to a difficulty with the crew over the supply hv the Niagara of d0f)0 tolls of oil to the Bmihine. one of the boats lield up By the shipping strike. After the men's delegates conferred with tlie Union Company, a enhle wasent to Sydney to ascertain whether the oil was part of the Niagara's own hunker oil. or brought specially for the ißualiine.