THE SHIPPING TROUBLE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 14, 11 October 1917, Page 5

THE SHIPPING TROUBLE

"INDICATIONS ARE BETTER," _.«—— ' ■ "Can the Prime Minister give tbl ; House any information .about the Ehip- ; ping strike ?" asked Mr. G. Forbes. (Hurunui) in the House of Representatives yesterday. "Is there any likelihood • of a settlement?" "I cannot go into details because there are difficulties in the way of publishing j the whole of the information which hap- : pens to be in my possession," said Mr. ; Massey. "I can say that the indications : are better 10-day than they have been ; since the strike commenced." [ "JUST MARKING TIME." la response fo inquiries made at. (he j office of the Wellington branch of the ; Shipowners! , Federation yesterday, a. ; Dominion reporter was informed that : there was still no development and abso- ■ lutely nothing- to report , 1 Mr. Adame (the of the : 'Seamen's Union), when similarly ap- ; proached, said that there was -nothing do-. ; ing-they were just marking time. /Mr., ■■ Adams was asked whether there had been | ; no movement in the direction of an an- ; proach by either of the parties affected : as the result of Monday - afternoon e I meeting of the men on strike. His reply f ..; to that was that he was waitinjr for an) ; answer from Mr. F. W. Ecwley: (Secre-| ; tarv for Labour), whom, he gavo to wi- , dersfand, was doing, or going to. do, , something to bring the parties together | again. So far the SeamenV Union has ~ not communicated direct with the Ship-.; j ownere' Federation. ,j KOTARE STILL . j By TeleEraph-Pre« Association... -^j Dunedin, October Iβ. j / The coastal steamer Kotare did not j get a crew yesterday, and is still delayed. I