THE SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2928, 27 August 1925, Page 2

THE SHIPPING TROUBLE.

LYTTKLTOX AFFECTED

Iit>KORATA’K CREW CEASES WORK.

Christ church, August 2(1

Til* 1 trouble among 1-ri‘H's nt steamers mi British articles has spread to Lyttelton. This morning tin* master 11 1 :i! unless tie l amount 1 1 u■ muster tlm unless lie amount liy which their- wages were recently reduced was restored they would reuse work. As lie was not ;il>le |o grant their demands without instruction.- from the head office, the men left the shij). About 11(1 men are a Heeled. They returned in (he ship to-night to sleep, hut as the cooks and stewards have also gone out they will gel no meals a tma rd.

POSITION AT AUCKLAND.

lIOLLIXSIDK'S CREW REsum.es duty. Auekland, August 2(1. The seamen's strike on British steamers at Auekland continued todav. and owing to the non-arrival id' insl met ions from the owners of the vessels in England, no attempt was made hy the local agents to tiring about a settlement ol the dispute. The Ilidlinside’s erew and the Arab lii'emen on the Benicia resumed duly, and the crew of the Zinal threw in their lot with the si rikers.

It is stated that the 1 lollinside’s crew resumed because the owners decided to concede the mens rec.uest. and that after the present charter has been completed the men will not have their wages reduced 1 1 v £1 per month. At -I o'clock the Ifollinside sailed for Nauru. The steamer Maimyo arrived tonight from New York. Ller crew are on British articles. It is not known whether they will be a fleeted bv the strike.