LATE SHIPPING

Grey River Argus, 6 May 1933, Page 5

LATE SHIPPING

(Aus. & N.Z t Cable Assn.) SUVA, May 5. Arrived: Niagara from Auckland. She sailed later for Vancouver. SYDNEY, May 5.. Sailed at 5 p.m., Wanganclla, for Wellington.

work the vessel, unloading proceeding by the, shore staff. The vessel is scheduled to sail to Wellington at the usual time this evemag, with over two hundred passengers The Com pany is concentrating its energies in maintaining this vessel in commission on the Wellington—Nelson run, as an essentia] public service. HOLD UP AT WESTPORT. THREE SHIPS. (P<’r Press Association). WESTPORT. May 5. Ae the sequel ho a meeting of seamen held at West.p'ort- to-night, the Kini, ('anopus and Totara are all held up. The Waipahi is due from Aucland to-morrow, and is a'lso expected to be idled. * GREYMOUTH POSITION. CREW’S NOTICE TO CAPTAIN. The crew of the Union Steam Ship Company’s Kartigi, which has been loading 1,500,000 superficial feet of timber for Australia have informed the captain that they will not take the vessel to sen. unless instructions are received from the Seamen’s Union, at Wellington. The ship completed, loading yesterday, and is now ed to sail at high tide this morning, at approximately 7 o’clock, but in view of the crew’s intimation to tho master it appears that the vessel may not sail till later. The Kaimiro arrived yesterday fi'°m Auckland with a cargo of sugar. Sho is scheduled 1o sail to-morrow with a full cargo of coal (about 3000 tons), for Wellington and Miramar. It ap pears likely' that her crow, however, wil] adopt a similar attitude that of the Kartigi, but <is yet no decision has been reached by her crew, who are awaiting information The Gabriella, scheduled to sail from Auckland for Greymouth and Westport yesterday, is not due here un til Tuesday. Her men are signed on Australian articles, and the dispute does not directly affect them. The Rata, which was due yesterday has been held up by the dispute* at Nelson, and her perishable cargo is being conveyed Fy motor lorry to Inangahua Junction, ami from there by rail to Greymouth.