SHIPPING HOLD-DP A LOST CAUSE

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2298, 17 November 1925, Page 7

SHIPPING HOLD-DP A LOST CAUSE

Overseas Vessels Rapidly Clearing SEAMEN IN SYDNEY NURSE DESPERATE HOPE [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Reelved Monday 11.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 16. A meeting of about three hundred British seamen decided to continue the strike. The men, however, were very dissatisfied, many openly talking of returning to their ships. A batch of about twenty returned to the Themistocles to-day. BATTLE LOST AT POLLS, SYDNEY, November 16, Five oversea ovesseYs sailed at the week-end, indicating the extent to which the strike is collapsing following the elections. The strikg will end to-day. One result of the collapse is the acute congestion of shipping in Sydney, where many companies have so many ships In port that some will have to wait for berths . . STRIKE FUNDS EXHAUSTED MELBOURNE, November 16. The strike funds are exhausted and the men are expected to return to work in a few days. Vessels moved freely at the week-end. Many strikers have gone to the country to search for employment BARRABOOL’S CHILDISH CREW. BRISBANE, November 16. The Barrabool left the wharf to proceed to sea, but at the last moment fourteen firemen slipped down the mooring ropes to the wharf. Later the men signified their willingness to return, and the vessel sailed.