THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14819, 24 October 1911, Page 8

THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.

NORTHERN COMPANY'S OFFICERS. : •A. dispute between the Northern Steam- • ship Company and the Merchant Service . Guild will come before the Conciliation • Council on Friday next. The Commisi' sioner, Mr. T. Harle Giles, will have asso- ? ciated with him as "assessors :—For the V company: Messrs. C. Hanson, E. W. Ali- . son, and George. „ For the Guild: Cap- ■ tains D. J. Waison, of Wellington, A. ;" H. Crisp, of Gisborne, and Mclndoe, of i* Auckland. '" -~ _.< .Recently the guild put in a claim, in -" which they demanded that the minimum V rate of wages for officers on vessels of \" 1000 gross tonnage and under, owned or ■'i- trading in New Zealand r waters, should 'i, be:—Chief, £13 ; second, £14 ; third, £12. J They also claimed an eight-hour day, all T lime •worked in excess to be paid at the rate of 2s 6d per hour. They further, -f required that an officer should be at lib-- * ertv to leave his vessel one hour ; after ;", she arrived in port, and not rejoin her] - within ' two hours before she * left her .. moorings. The guild also asked for pre-' ■?[' ference. Subsequently, these claims were j / -withdrawn because they were similar to i those in the Wellington dispute, j '.'.. was dealt with by the Court of Arbitra- : <'■■ tion at its last sitting in Wellington. The decision of the Court in regard to wages a and conditions . was deemed so unsatisfac- ,'' tory that 'soon after the award was pub•"'V' lished 2 the Auckland Service Guild; with--1 drew the Auckland dispute from the Con-

ciliation Council. -;; " ; v 4 y Now the Northern Steamship Company v has filed a, dispute against the Merchant • % {Service Guild on the lines of the agreement which existed .between the guild and -the company ' for "a period of 12 months, and which, recently expired. . This asks that the rates of pay shall be :—For chief officers : From £16 on the Rarawa, to £13 on the Daphne f for second officers, from £13 on the Rarawa, to £12 on the Daphne : for third officers, £11.