SHIPPING TROUBLE

Hokitika Guardian, 5 October 1925, Page 3

SHIPPING TROUBLE

[Australia A- N.Z. Cable Association." 1 SOUND ADVICE. (Received tliis day at 9.45 a.in.) LONDON. Oct. 4. Dir Havelock Wilson lias sent a message to the President of the Waterside Workers' Federation in Sydney, as follows:. “T am innch impressed with your statement advising the strikers to return to fight out the trouble in England. if you desire to test the honafides of the minority conducting this strike, demand an inspection of their union hooks. Vou a ill discover who and what, tliey tire. If they say they left their hooks at Home, do not Ik; bluffed. Tell us the number of their books and we will cable (heir finait: ial position. If this emirs'- is adopted. I believe the Trade Unionists in Australia will net a terrific shock. We have inspected the names and addresses of one thousand men in the six ships on the South African coast, and can only discover twelve menders. The truth is that many men on these lines have been a drawback to us for the last five years. Demand a show of the books a.ud you twill know the true position.” CALL TO KNI) HOLD-UP. DAIiUAVILLIC. October 5. At a meeting of directors of the Northern Wairoa Co-op. Dairy Coy. last Saturday they passed a resolution strongly urging the Government to take immediate steps to have slops manned and despatched; also to advertise for men willing to act as stokers and seamen to take the ships away. Already quite a iminhcr of men have made application and no difficulty would ho experienced in p;t-1:ti 11 pc a quota from northern Wairoa should it be necessary to call on their services. A SERrOFS SITUATION. AUCKLAND, Oct. 5.

Sir das. Parr, in the course of a .speech to his constituents, .said that in Auckland alone nine overseas ships were held up by the seamen's strike. New Zealand was never faced by a more serious situation. Inward and outward cargo were involved to over £2,750,020 in value, probably (threequarters of the outward cargoes being primary products destined lor Hngltitid, while the inward merchandise was urgently required by importers and tlio public. Sir James Parr estimated that New Zealand dairy products and meat to the value of four and a half millions would l/C hold up if the strike continues into the summer. Our exports. 9(1 per cent, of which are primary products, would not he forwarded and the country would lose over fifty million pounds in the year. The strike had got the whole community and its continuance would mean the closing down ol every industry, office and business in New Zealand. The Government realized the gravity of the situation and could not stand by and see the country ruined. A GENTLE LA BO It LEADER. HIS PIOUS WISH. (Deceived this day at 11.25 a.in.l ISRLSBANF.fi Oct. 5 Carrignu (Queensland President of the Australian Seamen's Union) said lie had no douht a move was going to he made to create a. stampede among British seamen. Referring to the steamer Port Hardy whose lines he said had been cut, and the vessel taken out into the harbour and anchored f t miles away in Whit Sunday passage, Carrignu said that efforts had been made to ship coal to her from Brisbane and Maryborough to keep the refrigerators going, but no vessel .should take coal to her. Any vessel that did would he declared black. If he had his way the Port Hardy would be towed back to the wharf with he cargo ilotten. He hoped (the cargo would go had and the scab engineers get fever, fall over the side and die. After referring to the steamer Port Auckland, C'arrigan said they were determined to put the screw nil ami see that no vessel went out of the river. Congestion was part of the game they were playing.

TROFBLK ON ICt'ROW. ACCKLAND, Oct. 5. An objection by the crew of the steamer Kurmv to the transhipment of cargo from the steamer Kent, and the refusal to go to sea, was overcome. The officials of the Fnion Company and the Seamen’s fnion advised the men to resume duty, otherwise they would lie acting illegally. The mow demanded that the cargo from the Kent lie first unloaded from the Tvurow. The men after discussion, last night decided to take the Kurow to sea and she sailed at 11.50 on Sunday night. SOPHOCLES SATI-S. CAPETOWN, Oct. 4. The steamer Sophocles, which has been held up here since the beginning of Sept, has sailed for Australia.