CARGO AT MAIN PORTS

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26394, 12 April 1951, Page 6

CARGO AT MAIN PORTS

SHIPS ALLOCATED FOR WORK NAVAL CREWS TO MAN VESSELS (New Zealand Pratt Atsodatton) DUNEDIN, April 11. Three cargo ships—the Katui, Karifane, and Kanna—from to-morrow will work the main ports. The ships will be manned by naval crews and cargoes will be allocated by priority committees at the ports concerned. The schedule for the three ships, as announced to-day by the Dunedin Emergency Committee, is: Katui—Capacity 1800 tons of cargo, to work Auckland, Timaru, and Dunedin. Karitane—Capacity 3200 tons, to work Auckland, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Bluff. Kanna—Capacity 1800 tons, to work Wellington, Dunedin, and Bluff. A naval crew will arrive in Dunedin by air from the north to-iporrow and will Immediately man the Katui, which is to sail for Auckland as soon as toe crew has settled in. The Karitane, which is on the transTasman run and is a larger ship than usually works Dunedin on the coastal service, is at present in Auckland. The Kgnna is now at Wellington.

FAST LOADING OF RATA

GAS COAL FOR NORTH ISLAND

(From Our Own Reporter) GREYMOUTH, April 11. The collier Rata, which berthed at Greymouth early this morning, was completely loaded with 800 tons of (as goal before 2 p.m., and left for Miramar immediately on the afternoon tide. Thia fast loading was done by the Army and naval personnel- The sail, ops—about 20 In number—did not arrive from Westport until just before 10 a.m. Eight Army men stationed at Greymouth began earlier than usual. They Started soon after 7 a.m„ by which time sailors on the vessel had the hatches uncovered ready for the unloading of some of the 30 bags of assorted mail from the North Island gnd overseas. The Rata is expected to return at the week-end, possibly to load coal for Cajtlecliff. Soundings taken on the Greymouth bar this morning showed a gain of a foot in depth, the result of the recent moderate fresh in the Grey river, but with the raturn to neap tides the high water depth remains at 10 feet.

TO U,N.

DECISION OP AUCKLAND WATERSIDERS (New Zealand Preu Association) AUCKLAND, April 11. Auckland watersiders, at a meeting to-day, decided to ask the United N», tions Organisation to take action against the New Zealand Government, because, the watersiddrs alleged, the waterfront strike Emergency Regulations contravened the Charter of Human Rights.

SOME CARDS RETURNED AT GREYMOUTH

(From Our Own Reporter) GREYMOUTH, Abril ft. Some members of the Greymouth branch of the deregistered New Zealand Waterside Workers’ Union have returned completed cards applying for work on the waterfront to the Labour and Employment Department. This was announced to-day by the officer in charge of the department at Greymouth (Mr S. C. Bingham). No information was given as to the number returned,

SUPPORT PROMISED GOVERNMENT

DUNEDIN EMPLOYERS AND MANUFACTURERS (Ntw Zealand, Prats Association) DUNEDIN. April 11, Dunedin manufacturers will stand behind ffie Government jn any action considered necessary fo bring the waterfront crisis to an end. This was emphasised in a statement issued after a joint meeting this morning of the Dunedin Emergency Committee, the Otago-Southland Manufacturers' Association, and the Otagp Employers’ Association.

The statement said: “At a very large meeting of members of the Manufacturers’ and Employers’ Association this morning it was resolved that while fully appreciating the sacrifices which may have to pe made, the meeting unanimously reaffirms its determination to support to the utmost the application of democratic principles, and will stand behind the Government m any action it considers necessary to bring the waterfront crisis to a conclusion, an dto establish Htiafactory conditions