The Maritime Difficulty in Australia.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 195, 19 August 1890, Page 2

The Maritime Difficulty in Australia.

Sydney. August 19. The -seamen, cook?, and stewarda have bold a meeting, at which thoy resolved to givo twenty four houra notice that thoy will leave their ships and support the olliuera. The Union Company of New Zealand is the only intercolonial Company not affected by the present difficu'ty. Tho English ship owners hi\vo instructed their ngeuts hero :o ship wool shorn by nonUnionists at ali hazards. The marine officers have resolved not to sail in any vessel carrying uon«Union wool. There is an active demand lor produce i owing to tho apprehensions of the stoppage of steamer traffic. : The shearers JkivC received a telegram from the^ American Knights of Labour offering "their support. MELIiOUKNR, AllgUSt 19. The oiliers are leaving their vessels and beiug replaced by uou Unionists. ! The Amalgamated Engineers aro offering to lend the ollicers a sum of £2000. Mr Speight, the Railway Commissioner, docs uot anticipate any difficulty in obtaining a supply of coal for the railways. Adelaide, August 19. The shipping trade is proceeding as usual, the diffioulty failing to operate against employer-*. Brisbane, August 19. The maritime diiliculty is assumingserious dimensions. The Maritime Council has ordered all hands to leave the steamers in port.