STEAMER KANNA HELD UP

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 228, 27 June 1928, Page 10

STEAMER KANNA HELD UP

DISSATISFIED STOKEHOLD CREW

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedin, June 26.

Trouble with several members of the stokehold crew of the Union Company's cargo steamer Kanna resulted in the vessel being held up at Dunedin last night.

It is stated that there was some hitch between certain members of the stokehold crew and the ship's officers while the Kanna was at Bluff last week. The Kanna arrived nt Dunedin on Sunday morning and was ready to sail last night for Napier and Gisborne, via ports, but it is stated that a number of the stokehold hands refused to accompany the ship because they had been "logged" for some alleged offence said to have been committed at Bluff last night. All the members of the Kauna’s crew were given 2-1 hours' notice of the termination of their services.

The men concerned in the dispute held several conferences with Union Company officials to-day. No settlement was reached, the men intimating that they had no desire to retain their berths. The Union Company then decided to pay off the stokehold section of the crew, and this was carried into effect during the afternoon. An effort will be made to secure the necessary men to fill the vacancies-to-morrow morning, and if no further hitch occurs the Kanni will be dispatched on her northern trip to-mor-row.