TROUBLE WITH CREW OF THE WESTRALIA.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15268, 3 May 1915, Page 9

TROUBLE WITH CREW OF THE WESTRALIA.

(FRESS ASSOCIATIOJ.- TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, May 1. Tno slcaroor Wt-dtralia, which was to have left ior tbo South at 0 p.m., was delayed on account of the demand by the sailors and firemen for increased pay for the next trip. Tho company intends to withdraw the vcesol from the New Zealand coastal trado after her arrival at Dunedin. and .transfer her to tho Australian coastal trade. • When she arrived hero on Thursday tho crew were paid off. On beiug asked to si<jn en again to-day thoy refused, uujosn the company would affM» to pay JEIB for tho trip to Dunrdiu unci jfelbourno, and throw in a free return passage to New Zealand. • Tho crew is a. New Zealand one, and for the trip tho membcatj are entitled to intcrcoloniaj rate.?, £10 per month for firemen, and £8 per tncnth for sailors. Thcso rates were offered, hut refused. May 2. The- trouble with the crow of tho steamer Westralii wae settled by tho Hud-dart-Parker Company ugnSeing io pay tho firemen £18 per man and . tho sailors fin for tbo trip to Melbourne, with a froo passage back to Auckland. This rourpo was adopted rnther than hnvo tho vesfol detained, and she sailed for Dunedin on Saturday evening, having boon delayed aiout five hours.