VESSELS GETTING AWAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 242, 13 October 1925, Page 7

VESSELS GETTING AWAY.

THREE SAILING TO-DAY." ABAWA'S DEPARTURE FROM I WELLINGTON. | Slowly, but eurely, the ships which have been ia the stream or at the 1 wharves and which have been held up by the strike of overseas seamen are I getting away, and it is evident that with those vessels which are to do the coastal ports, the companies are experiencing j [ little, if any, trouble in getting crews. ' i Almost every day the number of ships! ■ delayed by the strike is being reduced, j and the biggest move will be made this j afternoon, when the chances are that the Port Hacking, Devon and Treverbyn, will all get away. All three have cargoes to discharge at Southern ports, and it is not feared the work will be interrupted once the ships leave Auckland. On the Tainui, which went into dock yesterday, the 65 members of her crew who were brought from Wellington on j Satui£ay, have since refused to work, their reason being that their luggage was left behind at Wellington. How-1 ever, that luggage was brought to Auck- j land this morning by the Limited. I The Devon, which is due to leave Auck-' land to-day, has signed on a number of volunteers to take the place of the firemen now in prison. The volunteers were taken out to the vessel yesterday in a launch. The Devon arrived from Liverpool on September 18, and will now proceed i,o Wellington, Lyttelton and • Dunedin to complete discharge of her cargo. I The Port Hacking, which arrived on October 4 from New York, and went to the stream after discharging her cargo for Auckland, will sail this afternoon for Southern ports to complete her unloading. The Matakana is also expected to leave for the South early, , probably to-morrow. , I Two other ships which may be affected by the etrike are tie Port Nicholson and the Otaki, "which are both on British articles. At present they are \ at the wharves discharging cargo, but whether the crews will join the strikers when the vessels are ready to proceed,. South remains to 'be seen.