SHIPPING RELEASED

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 12

SHIPPING RELEASED

DECISION ANNOUNCED AT DARK SEAMEN REJOIN ALL VESSELS The shipping hold-up, in which . a total of seven vessels were concerned, ended last evening following a meeting of seamen. The. men met in the afternoon at 3 o’clock," and the session was not concluded' until'nearly 5y when the men announced' their intention to resume work .on the ships, haying reached a decision in connection with the terms or the new agreement, which presumably was the cause of the trouble. hour of the vessels involved left last mght, the Storm being - the first to depart. followed a little later by the Waipiata, the Port Whangarei. and the Totara, leaving the Parera. Wairuna. and Gale in port. As a result of the delay the Waipiata was two days fat* in going south, but provided she does not encounter rain on the way back up the east coast she should be able to pick up her schedule by the time she reaches Auckland. Although the Wairuna had finished working, some time previously, she, was unable to negotiate the Victoria Channel, ,as it was too late tor the pilot to take such a lengthy vessel to sea,, it" being dark by .the time the crew rejoined the boat. This ship shortly after 6 o’clock this morning. bound for Australian ports. ,A« she is urgently ■ needed to load cargo on the Pacific coast of America all possible haste is to be made; to complete the vessel s present itinerary, ~ To Pick up phosphate for the north, the Parera proceeded to Ravensbourne last evening, completing her loading there at 10 o’clock. She has now returned to the town wharf, and is to leave late to-night for Timaru, Bluff having been deleted from her run on. account of the loss of time. The Gale, which arrived yesterday , afternoon, is to sail to-night for the north.

NO SIGNIFICANCE. [P«* United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, July 27. ,It was definitely stated to-day that no significance attached to the hold-up of shipping at Dunedin on Thursday. Conferences have been held, recently in Wellington between representatives of the shipowners and of the Seamen’s and Firemen’s and Cooks*; and' Stewards’ Unions with regard toi the terms of the proposed new agreements. On Thursday morning stop-work meetings were held at all the. main ports by the seamen and in the afternoon by the cooks and stewards to consider in each case the decisions reached .at the conference. At Dunedin the seamen, held a second meeting on Thursday afternoon, and then decided to have a further meeting this afternoon, at the conclusion of which all'the men rejoined their ships, which sailed as usual. +