MARITIME STRIKE.

Taihape Daily Times, 27 June 1919, Page 5

MARITIME STRIKE.

MAY END THIS WEEK. .

SYDNEY, June 26. The president of the local branch of the Seamens’ Union, speaking aha meeting of strarided New Zealanders gua.ranteed.t}l'a.t the seamen would not obstruct their return to New Zealand. He predicted that the strike would end this week. t

WHO IS TO BLAME?”

F WELLINGTON, June 26 Mr. Batt, chaixfman of the stranded (New Zealanders in Sydney, cables to Mr, N. T. Young that a general meeting of the Seamen’s Union, in Sydney acquiesced to manning the Moeraki at Sydney, without further ostraeisni, and asking him to assist by ‘giving further assurance. Ml 3 Young [replied that the matter was exclusiveiiy in the hands of the Austi-a:s.-.9. ‘Union. Mr. Young also sent a cable to the Austi-alia.n Union, giving {Lie text of Mr. Ba.tt’s,' message and asked the union to state the position. Young states today that any existing inconvenience caused the s=.tran.derl New Zealanders in Sydney, so far as the Moeraki is concerned is entirely due to the act of the Union "Conipany, and that had the ship been maimed at Auckland with New Zealand seamen, she weuld not have been tied up in Sydney. and a large pe:centage of the rstratiderl New Zealanders would now be at their homes. In this case, he aaicl, the company had distinctly blundr.-i'.'.=.d with the Moeraki from the eorruiicmcsement at Auckland to the linis‘l,,a,ml the responsibility of :.he ship now being tied up in ‘Sydney was -zntirely their own. _ W