MARKING TIME

Northern Advocate, 11 July 1925, Page 5

MARKING TIME

SEAMEN AND OWNERS MORT'S DOCK REOPENED. MOERAKI DELAYED. (Received 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Moeraki, due to sail at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, was delayed through the obsence of six firemen, but later the men were taken to the vessel in the stream and she sailed at 11.30 a.m. Mort's Dock has reopened and all dismissed employees have been re-en-gaged. The seamen and owners in the shipping dispute in Sydney are not moving pending the final outcome of the Union delegation's visit to Melbourne. —A. and N.Z. DELEGATION TO MELBOURNE. CONFERENCE ADJOURNED. (Received 9.5 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. The conference of the Union delegation and the Commonwealth Shipowners' Association adjourned to" a date to be fixed and the Union officials have returned to Sydney. The negotiations, however, are not broken off. —A. and N.Z.

COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

UNKNOWN SOURCE. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. It is authoritatively stated in Lahour circles that the Federated Seamen 's Union received £500 as compensation losses sustained by the original crew of the Commonwealth's chartered steamer Volumnia. The source of the payment is unknown. It was only after the compensation claim had been met that the Union allowed its membets to man Common-wealth vessels. — A. and N.Z.

MORE DEFECTIONS,

TWO SHIPS IDLED,

(Received 11 a.m."l

BRISBANE, This Day,

Owing to the action of certain mem bers of the crews of the Mackarra ana Wyandra in leaving the ships at Brisbane it was decided by the owners to lay both vessels up. —A. and N.Z.

KARAMU DETAINED,

UNUSUAL TERMS DEMANDED,

(Received 11 a.m.)

HOBART, This Day,

The Union Com; anv's steamer Kara* mit is held up in Hobart owing to the refusal of the firemen, who were required to fill two vacancies in the vessfl's complement, to accept berths without a month's wages in advance and a guarantee of a passage home.— A and N.Z.