LOCAL CONDITIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 56, 7 March 1921, Page 5

LOCAL CONDITIONS.

OBIAJiA GOES TO STREAM.

lIAJHENO MAY FOLIOW. The week-end brought no change in the waterfront dispute, and the came conditions that have applied for weeks continue to be characteristic of the dispute. Another big deep-sea vessel, tfoe Omana, arrived this morning witn 3400 tons of coal for this port, and dropped anchor in the stream, while the Maheno has shifted from the Queen"s to the Hobson Street-w-haTf. and it is nut yet certain whether ehe will not jo n "the stream fleet.. The Crosby Hall arrived in port yesterday, and went to the powder ground, wiere she is to discharge explosives. Another arrivi! this morn ng was the Makura from -Sydney en route to Vancouver. i'-he berthed at the Queen's wharf, and will dock on Wednesday. Her departure is set down for the day following. Oversea vessels expected during , the wee* include the Waimate from St. John, which should reach port about Wednesday, and the Singapore Maru any time now from Texas with a cargo of ?.ase oil. Watersiders continue to view the dispute casually, and while a fair number aTe in the rest room on the wharf not a tew are at home attending to their gardens, and some, according to an official of the union, ta-king their annual holidays. The Wellington report that the Waterside Workers' Federation ha I consulted the federated unions regarding the employers' demand for an assurance that work woiild in future be free from harassing delays, was referred to an executive officer of the local union this ir.arning with a feeler as tj the attitude of tocal members on the matter. He said that 'Mr. Roberts, secretary of the Waterside Workers' (Federation, ascertained the feeling on his recent v'sithere, and added, "you can see the position for I yourself," meaning of course prevailing condition? on the waterfront. Another query was put to the sajne official regarding the Admiral Codrjigton. He asked whether in the event of t-hat vessel coming here local -watersidsr.' would work it to the same extent as Wellington, watersiders were dong. T"h« reply was in the affirmative.