SHIPPING AGREEMENT STILL POSSIBLE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 July 1925, Page 3

SHIPPING AGREEMENT STILL POSSIBLE.

INDICATIONS 01' SPLIT IN TRANSPORT HANKS. (Received Thursday, 8.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 16. A deputation of the Melbourne Disputes committee asked the Steamship Owners’ Association whether,, there was some basis on which negotiations could proceed. Thev owners stated that guarantees that the agreement would be honoured must come from the seamen and they would insist on effective guarantees from the seamen against job control. This reply was communicated to the marine transport group of unions in Sydney. CONSERVE YOUR COAL! RATIONING SYSTEM ADOPTED. (Kcceivqd Thursday, SI. 10 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 16. The chairman of the Northern Colliery Association states that within a week seventy-five per cent, of the collieries in the northern field will be rendered idle as a result of the shipping hold-up. The Melbourne shipping companies have appealed to consumers of coal to use, every economy in its consumption, as the shipping strike has stopped the usual supplies. The companies, however, guarantee to supply regular customers with the average daily' quantity. COASTAL OWNERS CALL FOR CREWS. (Received Thursday. 11.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 16. The New South Wales Coastal Steamship Owners’ Association has decided to advertise for crews to man all-coastal vessels.