SPLIT IN THE RANKS.
NEW WATERSIDERS’ UNION. TIRED OF “RED FEDS.” END EXPECTED SOON. I BREAKING THE STRIKE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. A large body of waterside workers, approaching 200, is seceding from the Wellington Waterside Workers’ Union, being dissatisfied with the present organisation. A new union is being formed by them and registration has been applied for. It is expected it will be granted. Those responsible for the organisation say they are determined to cut adrift from the “Red Feds.” They are willing to work under an arbitration award, and if dissatisfied with the award will act constitutionally. They desire clean administration and not a political organisation. When the organisation of the new union is complete it is expected it will receive a big accession from the existing union. Only one section of the wharf is not barricaded now and only th.ose with legitimate business are admitted. A harbor official questioned the wisdom of the barricades, which he thought were calculated to excite the men. A representative of a shipping firm said the companies had learned from bitter experience that prevention is better than cure. The inen appear to have a tacit understanding that there shall be no interference, for there is no sign of disturbance. There has been a splendid response to the appeal for labor and boats are leaving daily for Nelson and Picton, while the Mararoa is leaving Wellington and Lyttelton on alternate days next week in the ferry service. Picketing, which started on Thursday, is conspicuous by its absence. There is a growing feeling that the end will soon come. The nearness of Christmas without money will have its effect. A meeting of the Seamen’s Union today lasted four hours. In reply to in- ( quiries Mr Young said he had nothing to report: he was as tight as an oyster! It is reported that a ballot of the samen has been taken and that the majority favor return. Postal mails are being sent away regularly, but two days’ mail arrived by the Mararoa and was not delivered until this afternoon. ■She sailed south to-night with 300 passengers. The hold up is affecting poultry farmers, stocks of fowl wheat being short and prices are hardening. The same applies to oats and similar produce. The Cooksand Stewards’ Union meet on Monday to discuss the situation. The loading of steamers is proceeding all day and wharf presented a busy appearance with a stream of lorries from the gates to the ships’ sides.
POSITION AT LYTTELTON. GENERAL CLEARANCE OF BOATS. Christchurch, Nov. 17. As a result of the general clearance made bv the shipping companies only four vessels, the Walune, Cygnet, Opihi, and Canopus remain in port. The Cygnet is now loading and the Opihi loads on Monday. During the day the Kaikorai sailed for Westport, where she loads for Auckland. The Wanaka sailed late to-night for Wellington and Auckland. The Opua, with a full cargo, mostly flour, sailed for Wellington and Greymouth. The Kakapo sails to-mor-row for Wellington. The Karori sails to morrow for Tiraaru, Dunedin, Westport and Greymouth. The Tutanekai’s trip to the' Chatham Islands has been cancelled and instead the Kamo will leave Dunedin to-morrow evening for the Islands with stores and mails. These have been railed up from Dunedin and back again, while some of the intending passengers have made some double journeys. The Orepuki arrives at Lyttelton to-morrow with her oriignal crew on board, but whether they will give notice is not yet known. IMPROVING AT AUCKLAND. WATERSIDERS WORKING. Auckland Last Night. The Shipping Federation, owing to the good response to the call for voluntary labor, is quickly overcoming the difficulty occasioned by the (seamen’s strike and crews have now been secured for seven steamers, three belonging to the Union Steamship Company, a similar number owned ’by the Northern Steamship Company, and one of Messrs. Richardson and Company's fleet. A crew was obtained for the Navua, which trades to the Western Pacific islands, and it was hoped to dispatch, her to-morrow, her due sailing date. However, owing to the waterside workers , ceasing their employment in connection with this vessel, and the large amount of cargo offering, it is imposible to get her away until Monday. If the waterside workers had continued yesterday, the Navua would have sailed to-morrow. The men resumed work on the vessel this morning. The Kaituna went out to anchor in the stream at noon to-day and as a crew has been obtained for her, it is expected to dispatch her to-morrow for Portland. The Kurow is being loaded for southern ports, -but on account of the large quantity of cargo offering, she will not leave till Monday. The Northern Steamship Company has secured crews for the Daphne, Waiotahi and Taniwha, and it is hoped to get all these steamers away for various ports I to-morrow. ! Matters on the waterfront are proI ceding quietly, waterside workers being I employed on the Navua, Kurow and Home vessels that are loading or discharging. The Matoppo is due from New York to-morrow evening with general cargo from New York, and she will provide additional employment.
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