THE ULIMAROA.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19251, 5 March 1928, Page 9

THE ULIMAROA.

CREW PAID OFF. (BY CABLE—PBSSS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received March 4th, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 4. The Huddart-Parker Company has arranged to pay off the crew of the Ulimaroa and refund the passengers their money. The cargo will remain in the vessel in the meantime, as it is not known how long the ship will remain idle. The secretary of the Marine Cooks', Bakers', and Butchers' Union states that the Ulimaroa will not be manned by members of the union. He added that the union's original claim was for two extra cooks in the galley, the present complement of which was three cooks, but in order to assist in getting the ship away on Friday the union reduced its demand to one extra cook. The claim is not a sudden one, as it had been made for some time and correspondence had passed between the owners and the union. The dispute concerned only the Ulimaroa. The union takes the stand that in view of the exceptionally bad conditions under which the men have "to work the claim for two extra men is amply justified. SIR ROBERT HORNE>S TOUR CURTAILED. (Received March sth, 12.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 4. There is no settlement of the Ulimaroa hold-up. The crew has been paid off and the vessel laid up. Consequent upon this Sir Robert Home has been compelled to curtail his stay in New Zealand. He sails by the Tahiti and goes on direct by her.