THE INDRAVELLI DEADLOCK OVER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 539, 21 June 1909, Page 7

THE INDRAVELLI DEADLOCK OVER.

v'; CREW SECURED ON SATURDAY. ' The cargo : steamer Indravclli, which was held up in Wellington for a couple of days owing to difficulty in securing a crow at the. terms'offered, signed on a crew on Saturday morning,' and has.; taken her ..departure for : Lyttelton., <~As previously '.. statecf,.',' the"men ■were'domanding coastal rates, of' wages/ these to continue until they landed back in New : Zealand. ' Captain Pilchor. pointed out that, in the'.eVont of a breakdown :to the steamor: bringing them home, his' liability might become a very extensive one, but he agreed to pay/the men at the. rate asked for until sqventeen 'days aftertheir discharge-at any-port in tho ; China Sea, and to grant them, a free'passago back to New Zealand or 'Australians; desired.: -This offer was eagerly closed;with by the men, and, for the remainder of tho morning, the Government Shipping Office was packed with unemployed, anxious to get 'away by tho. steamer. In there was another crowd outside, while a- constable remained handy to quell any disturbance. .•'".■;•■■■'■: .With their;discharges held aloft, the men olamoured and,pushed forward to got ahead of one another, and, at .noon;--the master of the Indravclli bad, his men selected/, and the articles 'sighed; Early in the afternoon a. few men .wore landed ;/rom the ship, and the new crow, were taken aboard. It took a little time to get up steam, but the vessel got away at 4 p.m. for Lyttelton. ';• The time lost hero has.been inconvenient to the chip, but Captain Pilcher stated, on Saturday afternoon, that ho will bo ablo to ■reach: the East on his projected ■ time-tablo date.- ■.•''..'...■■'- i'. ■: