SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1925, Page 3

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] ILLUMINATING VIEWS. WHO ORDERED "H EH" OKI-EX-SI V E. (Received this day at 11.2 j a.m.) LON DON, O". E Mr Havelock Wilson, in an interview, said be was positive .Moscow bail ordered the strike which was directed entirely against, Britain's oversea trade. He hud discovered the ‘‘ltetls'' activities in America and Canada also were solely against Britain. Curiously. Herman. Creek ami other European shippine, which are paying hall the British wages, have I teen Mt comph-fo'y atone, Strike 1. m!-r- like 1.-:. .. Jla;dy ami Qtitnlan have a t: i M - iiovtnie.mt B thev dm rerun, i in,\ Br.B:. Mt 'Em. W llsli 1 V UH! o -s. .ce . I'V !n----t ;,,(i p, i i-.. : ai v ) ~ne",' t hat. by tin middle of July a British wage redtielion wits iujiuinent. but he only called the lit>!. strike meeting in Sydney on 23rd ot August. Why the delay r The iufeteMee is that he had awaited instructions from elsewhere. Ihe reds tailed in 15)21 to disrupt the American Seamen’s Cnion, lint since then they hav< .- .insistently attacked the Brili-.h l uOontinuing Mr Wilson said the “Beds” persuaded many seamen or. Australian boats to disconlinue then payments to the British Cnion and that wits the reason there were so many non-unionists among the British stfilters in Australia. It would he interesting to know who was supplying limit strike pay. The “Daily News” say, the Eivmpool resolutions are a heavy blow at tbc influence which, the (onimuuists have laboriously acquired by year, ol intrigue. They provide welcome evidence that the Communists arc unlikely I" .succeed in their designs. EA It M ERS’ UNION RESOLUTION. WELLINGTON, October I. New Zealand Earmers I nion olliciais met recently to consider the slop.n't,; upheaval threatening New Zealand ai d tV- billowing statement was to- a v >■> Mini by the oiiieials present at the meeting:—“ It is of great importance to farmers, ami the wlude communr.v, that the matter should he settled promptly ns possible to avoid a mo , serious loss. At present Cl.tlOO.'.Otl worth of produce is held up. It is clear to us that the disturbance i, not due to any (piestioo of wages or conditions, hut is a deliberate attempt :n disorganise the shipping and trade i . the Empire. While we are nut ruin; time our trade rivals, notably the Argentine, are not being thus hampete I. We, therefore, consider that mi compromise is possible and that theie .s o > alternative hut for the Government to take such action as shall permit tree labour of any standing to give a ha.nl to put our goods on the market

EFFECTS OE STRIKE. AUCKLAND. Get. I. The Shipping Trouble is likely *" have a serious ello'-t on the reticula i m work now- being carried out hv \o kland Power Board. Large quauiiHcs of cable for which delivery is due, me either he'd up at foreign ports on aecount, ot the British seamen’s strike, nr ■Sw.,' still remain in the holds ol ships -aid up at An -Island and Wellington. Uiu.-e j n dose touch wit'ii the export t .'do have m- anxiety over storage. 1 hey do 1,,1, a, a matter of fact, think Hast rike is likely to last much longer. Their chief concern is whether the relay to which overseas ships have -.1 ready been subjected, may mean a ••"''shortage of instituted tonnage B too height of the season, and thus p'<judice the marketing arrangements.

“BLACK” PILOTS. BRISBANE, October t. Pilots who moved the steamers Port Auckland and Port Hobart have been declared black by the seamen’s