WINGATUI IDLE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 14

WINGATUI IDLE

NORTHERN COASTAL TRADE

,'-,. (By Telegraph.—Press Association;) <. : • I." ' AUCKLAND, May 5. CT ' Mr. T. IV Anderson, secretary of the '■'. Auckland branch of , the Seamen's :'' Union, left by train tonight for Wel- ;". iingtpn. ' . .1- In accordance with the liien's deci- ~: siou, the Wingatui was not manned, • and late tonight she was still lying at , tlie wharf -waiting for a crew to take ' her to Portland. The only other " ' coastal vessel in Auckland, apart from. '■ those owned by the Northern Si.S. Company, engaged on New Zealand articles, ■ is the Paua, which is loading at West- ;'; Wn Wharf. ~ ' AH the Northern Company's vessels . scheduled to sail today got away at their appointed times. The seamen engaged on theso vessels ■ work und"er slightly different conditions from those .■:.' employed on the other coastal vessels. AUCKLAND, This Day. " The steamer Wingatui's crew of 22 ! will be. paid off this afternoon. The steamer Alexander was duo to leave Ohehunga at 6 o'clock this morning. "When the crew asked to be paid off, "her owners offered the old pay and I conditions to the'crew to take her back .. .to, Nelson. The crew is still undecided. The sailing of the Paaa has been de-, layed till 4 o'clock. The position regarding tho Northern Company's vessels will not-be known till their -.sail-1 ing times arrive this afternoon.