SEAMEN RESUME

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 December 1925, Page 2

SEAMEN RESUME

SEARCH FUR A JOB. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 3. Most of the British seamen who went on .strike, and were left behind at Auckland, are still A few of them have shipped on other overseas steamers. Twelve joined the Otaki, which sailed on Monday for Wanganui and Wellington, and about the same number signed on the Horarata before she departed for London on Tuesday. So far only six have been sent away as distressed British seamen. They Iteft Auckland for London by the Raranga on November 24. Besides those who have gone to sea, some have obtained labouring work in the country, but the majority are working round the waterfront, in, warehouses, oi’.at< cargo work on wharves. , There are about. 260 .of the strikers in Auckland, including 98 still in gaol, pomprising 25 from the Tainui, 38 from the,Atheiiiic, and 35 from the Ota ; l,<i. The Athenic’s men were sentenced to two. months’ hu-rd labour, and those from the Tainui and Otaki to three months. The Athenic’s men 1 will be released next week, and others in January. WAIHEMO DELAYED. CHRISTCHURCH, December 3. The U’don Coy’s Waihemo is lying idle at LytteJton to-day, owing to the demand of the sailors and firemen that the chief steward leaye the vessel, alleging that he fails to supply sufficient food. ■<■. 4 , ...