SHIPPING DISPUTE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 6

SHIPPING DISPUTE

FURTHER REFUSAL AT WELLINGTON.

ATTEMPT TO SET TUG ADRIFT.

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 8. The watersiders this morning refused to unload tho motor ship Holmglen, ■which arrived from Lyttelton on Saturday evening under her officers and engineers. c , Another attempt was made on Saturday evening to set the tug N atone adrift. A roixs was cut, but the men were seen and dispersed. Three men coming from the otnee of Messrs T. and W. Young, agents for the Nelson ferry service, were threatened by a number of men Paring into the taxis entering the wiiair gates. looking for volunteer labourers for the Nelson boat Arahura. the police checked an attempt at assault. There will be no boat for Nelson tonight. The Arahura is set down for tho usual trip to-morrow evening. This morning a unionist seaman and a volunteer labourer were arrested bj the polico on an allegation of fighting during the week-end. The police kept the out-of-work seamen off the wharves after the arrival of the lamahine from Picton on Saturday evening and dispersed a crowd of men waiting outside tlie wharf gates. DEPARTURE OF MAUNGANUI. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 7. There was no change in the shipping hold-up over the week-end, and manned by volunteer labour the Maungauui left for Sydney. The Tamahino tor Picton and the terry steamers Arahura and Maori left at the usual times for Nelson and Lyttelton _ respectively, and the only other ship to leave on Saturday, with the exception of the Runhino and Port Hunter, which were not affected, was the auxiliary' scow Echo for Blenheim, which obtained a fresh crew. The motor ship Holmglen arrived on Saturday evening from Lyttelton manned by the officers and engineers only.

STEAMER CAST OFF.

WELLINGTON. May 8

On Saturday evening both the bow and stern lines of the Government steamer Janie Stxldon were cast off. The vessels drifted a few feet down the wharf against the Muritai before it was discovered she was adrift, but no damage was done to either vessel, and she was soon made, fast again. One of the Tamahine’s volunteer crew was roughly manhandled by a crowd of strikers in Post- Office Square early yesterday morning, when he was coming away from the ship.

POSITION AT WESTPORT.

Per Press Association. WESTPORT, May 7,

The Totara, Kini. Canopus. Waipahi. and Margaret W. are in port, but no response is expected when the crews are yalled for at S p.m. Advice from delegates is anticipated to-morrow morning.

The steamer Gael and the auxiliary schooner Moa. which put in here through stress of weather, may not be affected by the dispute.

THE LYTTELTON TROUBLE.

OPIHI NOW AFFECTED.

Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. May 7. The only new developments in the shipping dispute at Lyttelton during the week-end were the holding np of the T.S.S. Coy.'s small steamer Opihi. and the refusal cf waterside, workers to work the Waikouaiti on Saturday afternoon.

The Onihi arrived on Saturday morning from Timalti. The crew were offered the new terms, which they refused to accept. They were accordingly given 24 hours' notice, and will be paid off to-morrow. The crew of the Waikouairi left the ship at midday on Saturday, and were paid off during the afternoon. Watersiders declined to resume working her cargo in the afternoon. DISPUTE AT DUNEDIN. HOLD-UP CONTINUES. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN. Way 7. Ine Waipiata. Storm and Tees are still held up here. The last-named vessel loaded a genera! cargo on Saturday mc-ming. and the local agents were hopeful that she would sail st midday for northern ports, more especially as instructions are said to have teen received by the crew from officials of the Seamen's Union in Wellington to take her to sea. Moreover, the men had net been paid on Friday or late on Saturday afternoon. However, the crew again decided not to sail, and the Tees" re- 1 mains at her berth. AUCREAND CONDITIONS j UNCHANGED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. May 7. ! There were no developments cn the! Auckland waterfront to-day. The U.S.S. Coy.'s Kanna arrived from! Walpole Island, and the Warmest, from: Gisborne, they will probably join the] idle Seet. The coastal tanker Paua. the crew! cf which were working yuu.der the old I agreement. left last night for Welling-!