GOING ABOARD.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18508, 9 October 1925, Page 11

GOING ABOARD.

RELEASE OF HORORATA'S CREW. TIRED OF GAOL. 'Warrants have been for the M'lca-yo of eighty-two seamen from Ibe s s Horerata. who were s nre need to a month's imprisonment at Paparua on •September PJth for lawful '■oininands and impeding the progress of the vessel. They will !«: released from enstodv thi- ninniing. and the Koror.it a will probably h-aw. Lvtte'ton at :iii early cate. One week or the son to nee has not yv-t expin a. The application for relea-e v.as made '".• the ship's master. Captain K. Hol-i.u-d. ;l ii,i j ; v.-as j.-ninted under section hiib-seetion hiib-seetion -1. of the Shipping and Act. P.'0 U . The sub-section provides that if any seaman or npprcn tiu« is imprisoned foe having been miilty of dot-en ion. alienee without leave, or any other breach of discipline, a .Magistrate may, on the application ■>i the master or owner, cjuso. the seaman to l ; e conveyed on board ship, or l.v/! delivered to th" master, even if the term of imprisonment has not expired. Iwo delegates from the crew of the. Mororata. returned from the Wcilineton eonlere.nee, and in company with Captain Holland visited the men in prison yesterday. It Rppear.s that, the men have agreed to return and work the- ship.

READY TO SAIL. BENICIA AT AUCKLAND. (chess association telegram.) AUCKLAND, October S. The steamer Beiiii-iti, which lias been delayed at Auckland since August 23rd, has secured eight deckhands to replace the members of the crew who were imprisoned for refusing duty. •. She will probably sail to-morrow morning for Wellington, to discharge cargo from Canada and the United States. ENQUIRIES AT GAOL. {rBISS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, October 8. On enquiry at the Terrace Gaol tonight a reporter learned that Butler, leader of the Strike Committee, had visited the gaol, and had induced the men to consider the question of returning to the ships. As a result, half of the men had signified a desire to be released on this condition. It is believed that the next few days will see them transferred from prison to tho ships. It is stated that there is plenty •of free labour offering, and that many offers have been accepted.

EMERGENCY COMMITTEE. MEMBERS OPTIMISTIC. Tho Emergency Committee of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, set up in connexion with the strike of seamen on tho Homo steamers, met yesterday morning, representatives of other commercial organisations and of farmers' organisations also attending. Tho proceedings wero not open to the Prass. Tho president of tho Chamber (Mr TV. Maclun), in a brief statement, said that matters connected with the strike were hopeful in character. Satisfactory reports had been received as to the arrangements made in different parts of the Dominion to meet the strike situation, and there wero grounds for taking, a more optimistic view of the general position.

AUSTRALIAN MEAT. INDUSTRY THREATENED. A serious outlook confronts the Australian meat industry owinij to dislocation of sailings of British vessels that are specially designed for the carriage of frozen produce and that cannot be replaced by any other type of steamer. Unless a prompt settlement of tho shipping strike is effected, the Svdnev"''Morning Herald," meat, works throughout Australia will be compelled to close down, and if this occurs they may not reopen until next year. At Gladstone the meat works have been closed down already, and other meat works are likely to follow in a few days. Many thousands of men may be thrown out "of employment, those affected including meat work employees and slaughterers, carters', drivers, cold stovo staffs, felJmongers, waterside workers, and seamen on coastal vessels. -tho losses which may bo sustained by pa.storalists at what is tho busiest penod of tho meat export season will pass without possibility of recovery. Refrigerated tonnage for the conveyance of Australian meat to Great Britain and Continental ports is almost entirely provided by tho British shipping now idlo in various ports. Tho new meat export season began this month, and as it lasts onlv a few mouths, each dav that is now lost is very valuable. In New South "Wales alone 1400 trucks havo been ordered for the carriage duriug the next week of 1-10,000 sheep and lambs to market. "Without an outlet every cold storo will be congested and Mulling for export will stop. 11l this event the whole of the meat works killing for export will bo idle, and the movement of eidek front country districts over the huge tract of country from thc Gulf to bydnev will have to cease, besides the losses sustained through missing markets, nastoralists aro fac?d with the prospect of vaving agistment ices tor stranded stock. Owing to the impossibility cf forecasting delivery owing to tho strike, all forward business is at a standstill and cable business is negligible.

RARANGA NEARLY LOADED. (PSE39 A.SSOCUT3O.N- TELZGRAX/) DUXEDIN, October 8. • The Ilaranga has almost completed her homeward loading. The men axe sleeping aboard, but are h. a ™f n ™l£ meals ashore. Otherwise the position is unchanged. DEPARTURE FROM CAPE TOWN.. (AUSTBUUS AND K.Z. CABL* ASSOCIATION.) CAPE TOWN, October 7. The Kildonan Castle sailed for Ensland, leaving Vhind several oi h*r striking crew.