LOCAL SHIPPING TO RESUME.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1172, 15 November 1913, Page 3

LOCAL SHIPPING TO RESUME.

QUEEN TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.

ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR WORKING CARGO.

STORAGE ACCOMMODATION RAPIDLY FILLING.

It is anticipated that shippihg between Wellington and Foxton will be resumed early in the- coming week, the Queen of the South will receive cargo at Wellington on Monday and will be manned by a crew made up of officials from other The agreement between the Foxton Waterside Workers aud the Shipowners, having become void by the stopping of work by a vote of the Union on the first of November, the Union has been advised that it will not be recognised except as a lawfully constituted body under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and an agreement on exactly the same Hues as the one just lapsed, with the exception of a few minor details, will be registered by the Arbitration Court.

'j'he local agents do not anticipate any difficulty in securing labour to work tbe vessel, but have made satisfactory arrangements in the event of the local men refusing to handle cargo. The local hemp and wool stores

are rapidly filling but can go on receiving until about the end of the month and if relief is not secured by that time a natural consequence will be the stoppage of all the flaxmills in the district and the holding back of all wool. Most of the power of the flaxmills is produced by the use of coke which is still in good supply, but those mills using coal will soon be out, the total about Foxton being not more than 150 tons.

It is estimated that there are quite 8000 bales of hemp and wool now stored in Foxton awaiting shipment, and it is now coming in at the rate of over 200 bales per day.