COMMONWEALTH LINE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17391, 28 February 1922, Page 10

COMMONWEALTH LINE.

I THE MANNING DISPUTE..- \ '•■.■■■ SYDNEY, February 27. The departure of tie Commonwe-aJth lin'er Largs Bay was delayed' for some hours on I Saturday night, in ' consequence of the union contending that the crew should be drawn, from Australian organisations. • The union alao ordered several members of tho crew of tko Mcretori Bay to leave the chip because they had not signed for repatriation and full par. Becaus* the Australian Seamen's Union refused to admit them to membership the cct of the Commonwealth Government liner Moreton B?.y which broueht hej. out to Australia had to be paid off -in Sydney and taken L-.-.ek to England as passengers st the expense of the lino, said the "Sydney Mcming Herald" of January 30th. The crew signed oro, the .Morcton B.iy, at Tilbury on articles, which provided for their discharge at Svdrxy. Thev were given an undertaking, however, that th«y would be for the round voyage if.the Seamcnls Union would accept their membership. On arrival at Sydney ippUcstion was made by the men for admission to the union, but this was refused, and thus thev become stranded. Tlie management of r the Commonwealth line thereupon provided; them with passages on the Moreto'n Bav. and they left by that veeael on Saturday. The whale cf the rrO afhet'd wer« financial merrbers of th-> English Seamen's Union, - r and many of them were anxkrae to remain in Australia and work on Australian articles., Uroh the union'* refusal to admit them to niembcrshii), however, tbie beenmi impossible. The secretary of the Australian Seamen's Union denied tint tie crew of the More ton Bav were refused admission to the union. On" the contrary, twenty of them had joined the union.. ' ■ , . , On February 14th it was reported that tho crew cf the Lar«s Bay had been deemed invisible- to take- the steamer back to England because thev were not members ef-tne Australian Seamen's Union, The crew threatened to cable to Enirhnd to their union officials and'request them .to establish a boycott of the Commonwealth hners and of Australian unionists.SHIPPING TEEEGBAMS.. NEWCASTLE,' Febmarv 27. '■Arrived, Kaitoke, from New Zealand. : Sailed, Port. Adelaide, Peshiwur,. "«» Boromiko, for New Second. . MELBOURNE, February 27. Sailed, Kaituna,- for New Zeajmd. • . ■ AUCKLAND, February-27, Arrived, Tofua' (7 a.m.}, from Suva; Kakapo (7 a.m.), from Wellington;, lUbeno . (IMS p.m.), - fi»m Sydney. . ... ■■. ■ Sui'.ed. City of Hankow (12.45 p.m.). » r mningt ° n -WELLINGTON.' February 27. Arrived. Kaiiorai (0.4S a.m.), cast'-e; F*keha M.5.& p.m.), from Liverpool, Bira. ketch ,(6.33' p.m.l, from New ££ mouth;. Kawatiri (10.45 p.mj, from.New"lafl'ed, Breese M.2S p.m.V-from (7:3oVni.). for Lyttelton; Wniatu (».o p.™->. will berth at 3 psn, t—l row. . .. • ' I