THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17607, 9 November 1922, Page 14

THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.

TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS." Sir,—Thirteen of the . ' Auckland steamers, and four or five of the i Union S.S. Co.'s boats are now thrown | out of their regular traffic, to the intense inconvenience of the travelling public, because the seamen will nit work under the last award of j the very Court set up for tfieir benefit ! and protection. ' "QuamdiuJ (Juamdiul | Cataline 1 How long, How long 1 1 Cataline 1 will you conspire against Home." How long will these refracr ■ tory seamen go unpunished? If anyone holds up tramc in the public streets, quickly are they run in and punished. We cannot ask the Government, on the eve of a general election, to have every one of these seamen arrested and tried for their crime against the public, for which they deserve a severe sentence. - But I would point out, that at the present muni- ; cipal elections in England and Wales, i especially in tho seaport towns, so 1 utterly disgusted is the public with ' these men, that the rout of their La i hour candidates has been absolute and overwhelming. I think the seamen in New Zealand have reached the limit of toleration from the travelling public ; and I do ask, immediately after : the election, that all these men. who have gone out in Auckland and elsewhere, and others who may follow their mistaken lead, shall be prosecuted and severely punished for what they have Iso callously done, and their leaders ! doubly punished. It is the unreason- ! able, and grossly unfair demands of Labour alone that is now keeping up the cost of living; ruining our railways, our sea freights, and preventing the Government economising in our ptiblic finances. ' Ah a law-abid-ing citizen. _oh a very small income, hardlv sufficient to make ends meet, I usk that these seamen shall he punished as a warning and example to all other unionists who break the law. Also that no Labour Candidate be returned down all over New Zealand, as ajid no LiberaJ-Labour men be returned either. There is .no . objection .to Liberal candidates, as a healthy Opposition is useful. ( But these seamen have filled the cup of: Labour iniquity, and their representatives should be turned down all over New beaJand. aa thoroughly as the.v have been in England and Wales.—Yours, etc INDIGNANT. November 4th, 1922.