IN THE DOMINION

Evening Star, Issue 19063, 5 October 1925, Page 6

IN THE DOMINION

APPEALS TO THE GOVERNMENT MANY RESOLUTIONS. [Pee United Press Association.] DARGAVILLE, October 5. A meeting of the directors of the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company last Saturday passed a resolution strongly urging the Government to take immediate steps to have the ships manned and despatched, also to advertise for men willing to act as stokers and seamen to take the ships away. Already quite a number of men have made application, and no difficulty will bo experienced in getting a quota from Northern Wairoa should it be necessary to call on their services. OPOTIKI, October 5. A telegram lias been sent by the Opotiki Dairy Association to tho Prime Minister stating that it will bo seriously affected by the shipping hold-up, urging him to make every effort to get tho ocean-going steamers away, and stating that drastic steps should be taken. Tho message concludes: “We believe that you will have tho whole country behind you in whatever action you take.”

WAIROA, October 5. A meeting of the directors of the Wairoa Dairy Factory this morning passed a resolution strongly urging the Government to take immediate steps to have ocean steamers proceed overseas with New Zealand produce. MASTERTON, October 5. At a meeting of tho Chamber of Commerce, hold this morning, it was decided to forward tho following telegram to Mr Coates: “That this mooting, representing tho Masterton Chamber of Commerce and a large body of employers, will heartily uphold anything that you may do to bring the seamen’s strike to an end, and it pledges itself to support you in every possible way.”

The Otago Dairy Producers’ Cool Storage Company, the Moinona Dairy Company, and the Henley Dairy Company have forwarded resolutions to the Prime Minister requesting him to take whatever action ho considers necessary to ensure that dairy produce is despatched without delay to the overseas markets. A NEW LEAGUE. A circular which is being distributed from Wellington .stales that a Loyalty League has been formed there to “undertake an urgent and an imperative task—to awaken and to inform the people of tho menace of Socialism and Communism to the State, the Government, society, industry, commerce, and religion; to initiate such organisation as may be deemed necessary to assist the Government to maintain the rights of citizens and the freedom of industry and commerce from interference and paralysis by revolutionary organisations.” Urgent need is declared to exist for a direct and aggressive campaign and for defensive organisation, which the _ Loyalty League will undertake. It is proposed for tho present to work through wide circulation of propaganda, chiefly pamphlets, and then to “complete an organisation which will bo silent and effective for the purposes indicated,” Tho gentlemen associated with tho active work of tho league arc declared to bo amongst the most experienced and well-informed on these questions in the dominion. The situation that has developed within the last few weeks in Australia and New Zealand is referred to as one that “ permits of no doubt as to the urgency for united action by loyalists.”

EN■ROUTE TO CONFERENCE. INVERCARGILL, October 3. The boatswain of the Willaston left by tho express to-day to attend the conference of tho strikers and ship owners at Wellington, convened hy Air Coates. THE WATERFRONT DISTURBANCE, WELLINGTON, October 3. Tho men concerned in tho disturbance on the waterfront on Saturday night appeared in court this morning. James Henry Coleman Weston,_ a fireman, formerly on tho Tainui, was charged with intimidating Hamilton, a seaman from the Turakinn, with a view to preventing him from going aboard his vessel, also with using obscono hmguago. Peter Cavanngh, a fireman, was charged with using obscene language. Both were remanded till the 9th Just, to enable the police to mnko further inquiries.

A SAIL TO ECONOMY BUSINESS MAN'S ADVISE New Zealand banks have warned exporting borrowers that should tho shipping hold-up continue it will become necessary for the bank to request such customers to utilise their accommodation facilities *.s sparingly as possible, and further indicates tho desirability of the need for caution to bo exercised in their disbursements. Commenting on this warning this morning, the manager of a leading business firm said; ‘‘it is a stem call to strict economy on tho part of everybody—not only tho dairy companies, who are at present specially affected, but exporters of all kinds, and other members of tho community. ■ The position is exceedingly grave.' It affects tho daily Life of our citizens as a whole. Thero are about fifty steamers laid up in Australian and New Zealand waters. If the strike ended to-day these vessels could not get fo London "in time to discharge and load and get hack to the colonies in time to take away this coming season’s produce. There must be a shortage of shipping in Australia and New Zealand in January and February, and perhaps in March. Early lambs will.be late lambs bv the time they reach the English market s. Anyone can foresee a very 'unsettled state of affairs at Home. iShort supplies will lead to an inflation 1 of prices, and then, when tho release comes, there will he a great overstocking. Bayers will be in a quandary as; to" how to safely operate in each set of circumstances. Incidentally, too, our financial institutions may become embarrassed by having to carry on clients’ debits for unexpectedly long periods, i The outlook is grave. This is no time for cribbage or ping pong. The world’s best brains must get to work, dr we shall all be in trouble very soon.”