THE AURORA.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 2

THE AURORA.

. REPAIR;GAN(} ; GBA?E .\ypßK,'' • ALLEGED OBJECTION TO! . i;; '', " INSPECTOR. ;:-.„.",. DIINEDIN-August 3},; . .Trouble has' cropped .'up in 'connec-; lion- with the • repairing - of- the Antarctic vessel Aurora. The .repairing- opera-, tions have come to a standstill, ;T.his' forenoon not-a workman wan to'be-iseen on the vessel; and the-stages slung; over tlie-side to facilitate-' the caulking' of the vessel's top- sides ;wcre..unoccu-'-pied.,by the usual'; gangs/'of c.aulkc.rs/ The reason'"for. this cessation-'of'antiv: ity appears- • to. be that' the; carpenters : refused to work'aiiy"longer ui'ider.''aiO inspector'wlios'e trade is not that of arear*' peiiter. ■•' ' '""•'" ■'■"•■■••■•■•■ • •■•■"' ,■. l V It seems that instructions: were issued/: yesterday by the committee' of "supervision 'to reduce the' li'umbe'r -of ; men'i hitherto employed on.-the'vessel, as! the major portion of- the•' repairs' had iie'eii' done before the vessel'came out of. dock.- A few days ago'about7o;irien had been employed. Some of- these were notified - that their .services were not required after last night 'This apparently did- not. cause any difficulty, but trouble arose when the other half declined to' proceed further with the completion of repairs unless a change in the inspection-took place,'aiid work: was accordingly suspended. The shipwrights from uorthem ports proceeded North to-day. ' '. A. hint was conveyed in the statement made (in response to an enquiry), "An expert in engineering does'not necessarily know anything about ■ ship/ wrighting." The trouble does not seem to , have taken place'in respect to the/Governuicnt inspection,