MARITIME TROUBLE"
TURAKLNA AND ATHENJC LEAVE WELLINGTON (United Press .Assn.—Conyr'ght.) - WELLINGTON, Oct. 24. There is no material change in the local shipping position. It is understood considerable free labor is offering, but tho companies are reticent as to what : mount of such labor is being accepted. The Turakina on-board which a fire broke out the othei*’ day, doing considerable damage to the copra cargo, sailed to-da.v for Napier to complete loading for Home. The A theme also left this port for Lyttelton to 'continue loading. Bath vessels were* fully manned by mixed crews of free and union labor. The unionists resent the presence of volunteers but no open hostility is shown.—I s .A. EASTERN STEAMER HELD UP. (Received Oct. 25. 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Oct. 24. To-day the Ceramic sailed for Sydney with a skeleton crew. PERTH, Oct. 24. The steamer Varoola, due to saiL for Eastern ports, is held up, the crew refusing to sail unless two sick members of the crew are put ashore. —U.P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10138, 26 October 1925, Page 5
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166MARITIME TROUBLE" Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10138, 26 October 1925, Page 5
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