SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 October 1925, Page 2

SHIPPING TROUBLE.

(Australia & N.Z. Cal.de Association.]

NON-UNION CREWS. DUNEDIN. Oct

Sufficient men were secured to-day to complete the crew of the Hororata, and the vessel left Port Chalmers at 3 p.m. for Bluff. Few members of the original crew are on hoard, the majority being non-unionists.

It is antiepated there will bo no diflicultv in .securing sufficient men to take the Leitrim to sea. The vessel will finish her local loading at Port Chalmers to-morrow•, and is scheduled to sail on Saturday morning for Bluff. MELBOURNE. Oct. 22.

Owing to the strike ihe -reamer Diogenes from England, which was to have .•ailed at Melbourne will go direct- to Svdney. 'l’lie agent- ol tlie* British shipping companies state they have recoiled a satisfactory response to their invitation for a limited number ot men

to mail ships leaf ing for ports outside Australia. Police were on duty outside the .-hipping office, which the strikers picketed, but no attempts were made to interfere with men applying for tolls. ANGRY AND ITRIH'LENT. SYDNEY. Oeiooer 2.1. Mr .1. A. Johnson. Chairman of the British seamen’s -trike committee, who wa- a greaser on tin* -tearner Tairoa. charged with the continued neglect of duty, was -enlom-cd to the ri-lng of ibe court and ordered to pay L'2 17s :Kl. Tim Court rose a minute later. The Seamen's Union met further to •oii-ider the strike position. Tim meeting was protracted and at time- the proceeding- were very turbulent and angry. li i.s under-iond the most important, decision reached was one forbidding the manning or working of the colliers listed to coal the overseas British ships involved in the dispute; this embargo also to nnnlv to the supply of coal or oil fuel to the Hull’s Head Supply Depot. The latter part of the decision will affect the oil burning steamers of all lines, including the Union company. ’l'he steamer C'ommorin arrived today from London. She came on direct from Adelaide.

FURTHER TERAIS. BRISBANE. Oct. 22. A further hatch of British seamen. 1 1io majority of whom have already served terms of imprisonment. were sentenced to a further fourteen days' imprisonment for continued will ill disobeyn nee. CALI. FOR FREE LABOUR. Al ELBOI RNE. del. 22. Although there lias been a good response to the call for volunteer labour to man the slops no one signed on. The applicant name- are living noted for future reference.

There is now a ]irououeed view in union circles that steps should be taken to terminate tlm strike and its is likely that during the next: week tlm union officials and leaders ol the Labour Party will insist on the seamen returning to their shin- independent ol the terms which will be ollerod by the owners.

The indications are the unions will withdraw liuaueial support from the strikers, in which, event an early collapse of the strike will be inevitable. WANT TO RETURN. BRISBANE. October 2:i. A secret ballot among the water-id-civ at Cairns on the question ol returning to work conditionally on the Government appointing a committee io enquire into the rotary system resulted in an overwhelming majority in favour of tin' re-umplion of work.