NO OVERTIME

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 November 1926, Page 5

NO OVERTIME

WATERSIDERS DELAY SHIP (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, November 26. The overtime strike has greatly delayed the inter-State shipping, and unless a settlement is effected, the congestion will become acute within the next fortnight. The Ulimaroa was scheduled to sail at three o’clock, but it had not completed then, so that she -was delayed for over two hours. Several tons of cargo for Auckland, unable to be loaded on the Ulimaroa bv five o’clock, had to be left behind. The seamen on a coastal vessel refused to supply steam in a case where the owners attempted to use volunteer; labour after the watersiders knocked off. „„ ’ MELBOURNE, November 26. A complete deadlock has arisen in the watersiders’ dispute. There is no possibility of a settlement during the week-end, but there is no liken hood of a direct extension of the dispuite or of any- hold-up of shipping. SEAMEN TAKE ACTION MELBOURNE, Nov. 27. Owing to the no overtime strike, the laying up of vessels has commenced. Many seamen will be affected unless a settlement is soon reached. It is understood that pressure is being brought to bear on the watersiders by other unions, with the object of bringing about normal working conditions. The ’watersiders are being urged to revert to constitutional measures.