STRIKE IN BRITAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 55, 23 July 1912, Page 5

STRIKE IN BRITAIN.

APPEAL FOR FUNDS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 21. The transport workers, in pursuance of Mr. Hartshorn's advice, have appealed to the executives of the miners' and railwaymen's unions for assistance. DOCK LABORERS' WAGES. London, July 21. Private firms employing temporary workmen on repairs to warships in the Government dockyards have conceded an increase to 40s per week.

EFFECT IN THE DOMINION. j HARVEST FOR AMERICANS. Auckland, Thursday. The effect of the strikes among the transport workers in England is likely to be keenly felt in Auckland and other Dominion ports before long. Practically all the June and July dispatch steamers | ot the principal British lines operating in the Dominion have suffered delays of a more or less serious nature as a result of the transport workers refusing to ;hindle the cargoes for some time, hence there will be very few Home steamers 'arriving in Auckland, and importers who have been depending on receiving goods this month will in consequence be much disappointed. The effect will also be keenly felt by the waterside workers locally, who, although- supporting the action of the transport workers,, will no doubt find the present financial loss a serious matter. The New Zealand Shipping Company's Opawa has been delayed for a fortnight and the Otaki for two months. The Otaki is to make Auckland her first port of call, and the Turakina and Remuera have also a quantity of cargo for merchants here. These vessels will bring from 5000 to 8000 tons of cargo to the Dominion, so that they alone account for a shortage of at least 20,000 tons. The mail steamer Ruahine, the local office has been advised, is to sail from London on her scheduled date, August 1. The Shaw Savill steamers Wahnana, Athenie and Rangatira were t-o have sailed from London for New I Zealand on June 11, June 20, and July respectively, but up to the present no advice has been received of the vess'ejs having left the Home port. The Rangatira and the Waimana are to come to Auckland direct, while the Athenie is Ijo go to Wellington. The vessels will ilccount for a shortage of about 18,000 tons of cargo. Other lines have been similarly delayed. ' Since the Labor troubles became so acute in Britain some twelve months ago, rendering the dispatch of steamers for colonial ports unreliable, it has been noticeable that American firms have been unusually busy in securing orders for American goods, and there are at present a particularly large number of steamers en route for Auckland and other New Zealand ports from New York or on the loading berth at the American port for the Dominion. In all there are fourteen steamers that have either left or are loading at New York for Auckland, while steamers sailing from Home ports that are within the next few weeks to make this their first port of call number only eleven. This is accounted for to .some extent bv the fact that while New York steamers make Auckland the first port of call almost invariably, a number of vessels from Home ports proceed to Weldirect, but nevertheless the increase in the volume of shipping coming to New Zealand from L T nited States ports is very considerable, and until the Labor troubles in Britain become more settled the British exporters will be laboring under disadvantage in regard to some lines of goods. °