IN AN ANGRY MOOD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 273, 17 November 1922, Page 5

IN AN ANGRY MOOD.

AUSTRALIAN SEAMEN. MOERAKI SENTENCES. SYDNEY, November 16. Members of the Seamen's Union marched in a body to a mass meeting to discuss the position which has arisen through the New Zealand trouble. The hall was packed and the Press were excluded. The meeting lasted three hours. There were indications that the men were in an angry mood. The only information given was a statement by Mr. Walsh, president of the Seamen's Union, at the close of the meeting, that a resolution was carried protesting against what was described as "vindictive sentences" on the Moeraki'9 crew. "As to whether other ships will be manned or not," he said, "time alone will tell." There is a rumour in the city that a proposal is afoot to declare the Union Company's fleet, including vessels engaged on the Australian coast and in the Taemanian trade, black. It is reported that a cablegram has been received in Sydney from the New Zealand Seamen's Union advising that opinion in the Dominion is that the Moeraki's firemen should have waited until they reached their home port and had their alleged grievances considered there. It is officially stated that the company's offer of immediate re-employment for the Moeraki's imprisoned men remains goodThe remainder of the Moeraki's crew, who are on New Zealand articles, have not yet been paid off. A heavy New Zealand mail was placed on tlie Waiwera at Newcastle to-day. The Kauri, which also shipped mails, has not yet sailed. It is hoped both will get away to-night or to-morrow.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) A CONFERENCE POSTPONED. (By Telegraph.—Preas Association.-, DUNEDIN, this day. Owing to dislocation of shipping the i conference of the New Zealand Builders' Federation, which was to have been held in Dunedin next week has been indefinitely postponed.