LATE SHIPPING

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 44, 20 February 1918, Page 8

LATE SHIPPING

AERIVALS. February 20—Baden Powell, s.s. (noon), 174 tons, Owen, from Wanganui DEPARTURES. ' February 20—Pateena, s.s. (12.50 p.m.), 1212 tons, Irwin, for Picton and Nelson i PERSONAL ; Mr. R. Campbell, fourth engineer on the Maori, has come ushore on sick-leave AUSTRALIAN CREWS FOR AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. The council of the Federated Seamen's Union has decided to urge the Federal Prime Minister to man the fleet of ships in course of construction in America for tho Commonwealth Government with Australian seamen (says Sydney Shipping List). Mr. Edwards, secretary of the New South Wales branch of the union, when interviewed, stated that there would be no difficulty in finding the necessary seamen in Australia, to man the vessels. Referring to the report of Mr. Hughes that it had not yet been decided whether or not to obtain crews abroad, Mr. Edwards pointed out that as America was speeding up with her ship building programme there would be n big demand for men in the United States without masters, engineers, and seamen being taken for the Australian ships. "Moreover," added Mr. Edwards, "the rates of pay are slightly higher in the United States than those obtaining in Australia, and as the crews recruited there would be of cosmopolitan character, it is to be hoped that Mr. Hughes may fall into line with the suggestion, advanced by the union. Australia is finding the money to build the ships, and it would be only cultivating the Australian sentiment to permit Australian officers and crews to man the vessels." CONTROL OF SHIPPING AT HOME The annual report of the Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association criticises the Government's control of shipping, and says it has involved disastrous delays and a substantial fall in imports. It suggests that the loss in carrying power is considerably in excess of the actual shipping losses. The Morning Post makes the following comment: "Theresult of the requisitioning of shipping can be quoted as a corrective of the talk regarding the advantages of State ownership and control of the industry. The wonderful achievement of the mercantile marine in saving the country can only be appreciated when it realises how difficult the task has been through State interference." The Chrlstchurch Sun reports the sale of the schooner Lily, which is engaged in the Lyttelton-Kalpara run, to Mr. A. P. F. Watson. It is stated that the vessel will probably sail in the same run, and will be in charge of her old master (Captain Bloom). The Hinemoa was at Farewell Spifc last evening, and is expected to be at Stephen's Island to-morrow BY TELEGRAPH. HAVELOCK, 20th February Arrived—Blenheim (5 a.m.), from Wellington LYTTELTON, 20th February Arrived—Mararoa (9.50 a.m.), 1 from Wellington To sail—Mararoa (6.30 p.m.), for Wellington NEW PLYMOUTH, 20th February Sailed—Huia (10.30 a.m.), for Wellington