MARITIME STRIKE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10902, 20 October 1911, Page 4

MARITIME STRIKE.

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>■ .In- V. t»<-toller l«.». 1 Ti.,- -: rI k• ■ V.-..< die nut.;'" » " ! etk)'i carri.ii a iortnight ago. The * "j.'.j! ~t tk, demand was an iiicre:»se j ' v "-I'.'- In"- "i. 'iate W:u> fixed to Ollr"' N,i i.tiinal notiticati4)ii Was , "th.- -hii-nuuers. to whom it t ' a. a surprise. Only the vesseU 1 ri'-.t arrived sim-e last night so far ?«"e i t.-d partially unloatled being r,''i"i')letf-d. Negotiations are proeeed-'iiij'betwt-eti the n.inpaiiif-s involved and rt\- wh:.ri' laborers' otfieials. . L'i.e point out that th.iu [v.11 lii.-litlis a-o they levelled up j .j ~, ,1 wharf laliorers' wayes t«» rl t tk.- deep sea, viz., 15d l>er hour .'d . ..1 time. the deep sea m.." liamed til.iL thev were entitled t»» hiizher tale, tliau the coastal, ;l J'j -el-ared an advance to Is «>d and —AI, Xhil li the »...»astuls iw.W demand. . The priueipal .ompanies , s o far atr.-. tt-d Wv tlit* strike are Hiul«j>rt- . t'-irker llan arra and South Coast, Nej-,-'.tie Hunter River, and Union. No attempt was made to unload vessels ar-rivin/to-day. and the policy of tying up arrivals will continue. Unless a settleme.it is speedily reached the whole coastal and interstate shipping will be hrouszlit to a standstill. . Everything is quiet. Both sides are [t Jhe men are very firm in their dem Negotiations are proceeding with the shipowners, who state they can thing until they have consulted their principals in other States.. . Important developments are probable within the next day or two. The Loongana and i i ' Vnion C ompany steamers are affected. Rrreivtxl October 20, at 9.40 a.m. Sydney, October 20. The rr. ivs and permanent hands are reniovin" the perishable portions of arrivin" steamers' cargoes, but there is no attempt to touch general loJ>dipg-: The Adelaide and Melbourne hteamihip Companies are amongst - those, uttected. The latter company s steamer Svtlnev sailed without cargo. "To-day's arrivals add considerably to the list of vessels tied np. The masters point- out that an agreement with a currency ot three years recently si"ncd with the wharf laborers providing for Is 3d Tate. This has been broken without notice. Fear is expressed that if the coastal demands are conceded the d^P^ a men will demand an inerMsetotleex tent ot" the extra amount they up to the present have received. The Waterside Worker.-,' Federation will meet at Melbourne to-morrow to dLseuss the situation.