BOTH SIDES WAITING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1257, 12 October 1911, Page 7

BOTH SIDES WAITING.

SHIPPING DEADLOCK,

Tin; umox ro. may decide

Mo.-1 of tin.' blorked boats mil;iill nt t.lio wharves. A lVn* of tiio smtiller vessels iiro running, however, but Hioy arc nearly all so Miiail tlwit Uiev could l>o run without mates if Iho owners ehose. Tho guild have therefore thought, it wiser (lint male-, who arc mrmbors of tho guild should mnain on ixxinl and work tint vessels. This refers more especially to iho Wairau, own®*] by Pernno and Company, the Jane Douglas a privatelyowned vessel in tho "West Ccnsf trade, and Iho Orari (Aorere S.S. Company), running to Pntea. All tho >!iips belonging to Richardson and Company, of Xa«. ! pier (East Coast trade), «ti*o also runniiitf. Tho Hippie left ou Tuesday night i with f Captain Peterion. l.ho company \h "ship's husband," 011 board as mate. The Kuril dot's not carry a mate, and tho Kahu carries an officer taken on board from 0110 of the company's small boats whi=:Ji ply in the bay at Kapier. Tho opinion of the owners eoems to be that the deadlock will hold until tho guild havo settled with the Union Company* Tho result of those negotiations will giro a lead to tho federation, as to what they will l>e required to pay, and to tho guild as to what they may successfully hold out for. There is no immediate prospect of any change in the stato of affairs.

The mates seem to bo perfectly satisfied with tho stand which they have taken. Tho younger men are not in the least concerned about tho future, stating that if there is nothing doing on tho 6ea they will "tnko a hook and go to work on the wharf," or they may go out into tho country. It is quite possible that others may ship in foreign-going vessels if tho opportunity or the ncca occurs, for the majority of tho mates have foreign certificates. At present they aro making holiday, wearing their newest clothes, and smoking cut-up tobacco in their newest pipes.

(By Teleeranh.—Press Association I * T , . Timaru, October 11. It is understood that the officers of the PH "ki will take her to Wellington, and then leave again. • Dunedin, October 11. The steamer Breeze arrived from the Bin IF this morning. The officers informed a press representative that, when they had ascertained that the officers wero leaving other vessels, they felt in honour bound to leave the Breeze. After the vessel had discharged at tho Bluff they had asked to bo paid off, but the captain could not do do. They had expected 1o receive instructions to leave the ship in Dunedin, but, realising tho difficulty of securing other officers, the local agents had got permission from the Merchant Service' Guild for the officers to remain on duty until reaching Lyttelton, the vessel's home port. The Breeze accordingly sailed, at 5 p.m. for Timaru and Lyttelton,