AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING TROUBLE.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1919, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING TROUBLE.

AN AGREEMENT REACHED Received Jan. 11, 6.5 pinSydney. Jan. 11 The Union Company offered the mea I bonus of 35s per month j'rom trip U trip, commencing from signing on until tho Commonwealth dei'tarea the port# mentioned free from mfiutnat In audition, the company agrees to pay the wages of any member of a. crew eonti'flfltmj* tho alfio £6OO to thd dependents of any member of ft erew dying from influenza. If the men accept these terms, the Ivarori will sail for Vancouver to-day, and the Moeralri and Makura for Sew Zealand on Monday, and other steamer* a day or two later. A later message states that tho taea have accepted the Union Company'* tenna. —Aus-N.Z. Cable Assoc. „

■ „ men; kefose teb^s. DEADLOCK. Received Jan, 12, 5.5-pw Sydney, Jan. 12. A hitch! has occurred in connection with the shipping settlement! After the secretary of the Seamen's Union had accepted the Union Company's terms on behalf of the man, a meeting of tho latter refused to endorse tho secretary 1 a action, and ■> deadlock ensued. Seeing the feeling of the men, the union officials decided not {o push tho matter, and adjourned the meeting until 10 o'clock oa Monday, wton it was hopp-d that mora reasonable counsels would prevail One of Siom present subsequently stated that the meeting did not represent the majority of inemlbers, and if Monday's meeting is representative ha is sure it will revisa the previous decision. The latest developments have upset the arrangmenta for despatching vessels to Hew Zealand, and nothing can now bo done until to morrow's dasaion is known. —Aus.-KZ. Cable Assoc. 1