THE SHIPPING TROUBLE.
(UNION CASE.
LITTLE PROSPECT OF EAELI SETTLEMENT.
Eweived Jan. C, 9 pm. Sydney, Jan. 4.
The (shipping trouble remains unchanged. Present indications give little prospect oi an early settlement. There are now seven vessels held up, including the Island steamer Levuka.
. The position, so far as the Union Company is concerned, centres round the men's claim for £1 a day. If they would waive this, any other little points involved could, it is stated, easily b* overcome, and an early settlement readied.
The company's manager Bays he bai not been able to ascertain exactly wist term* the men want In the beginning they asked for better quarters. These were granted. Then they requested mom pay, and finally £SOO insurance under such circumstances that it was Imppi* aible to deal with the dispute. Mean* time the company Bent a letter to fit# Seamen's Union, asking for a definite statement of claims. A meeting of the Transport Union discussed the situation and it is understood favored the men's demands.
The Durham, which journeys viaSrlt- . bane, took over a hundred New Zealand passengers, and the Port Lyttelton abaut •' fifty.
The Suevic is expected to leave Melbourne via Hobart for Auckland MOW time this week.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1919, Page 5
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204THE SHIPPING TROUBLE. Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1919, Page 5
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