HOLD-UP EXPECTED

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12168, 19 June 1925, Page 6

HOLD-UP EXPECTED

INTER-STATE SHIPPING ALL VESSELS MAY BE TIED UP EXPIRATION OF ARTICLES By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Receiver! June 18. 8,40 p.m.)* SYDNEY, June 18. The officials of the seamen’s and watersiders’ unions discussed thp maritime position. The proceedings were held in camera. The general opinion among shipowners is that all the vessels engaged in the inter-State trade will be tied up ae their articles expire. I The only development in the shipping trouble in Sydney occurred iq connection with the Howard Smith Company’s steamer Time. When a new orew was called for yesterday, Mr Johannsen, assistant secretary of the Seamen’s Union, walked on the ■wharf, stating that the men wanted , to see him before signing on. The company ordered him to leave. After he had gone the men stated that they . would not sign the articles. Further : developments are expected. The real reason for the holding up of the Time was the refusal of the owners to insert in the new articles ! the clause guaranteeing the wages and j conditions of the old award. The vesI sel will jbe tied up indefinitely. I On general lines, the dispute is iden- [ tical with that winch occurred on the ; Monaro at Melbourne. ; The articles of many ships expire on '• June 30th, and. an extension of the ' trouble is then' expected. VOLUNTEER LABOUR? MELBOURNE, June 18. When calls were made for water- , Riders to unload the cargo from the i steamer Monaro there was no response, j and sill efforts by the Melbourne Seamj ship Company to secure labour were l futile. Any possibility of reaching a ( settlement "of the present maritime ■ dispute is discounted by the determinL ation of the shipowners to see the ■r trouble through. [, It is not regarded as likely that i volunteer labour will be sought to r unload the Monaro at the present junc- \ into.