THE SHIPPING HOLD-UP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18724, 30 November 1922, Page 8

THE SHIPPING HOLD-UP

SEAMEN REMAIN FIRM. MR, YOUNG SPEAKS. (Pee United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, November 29. Mr W r . T. Young', secretary of the Seamen’s Union, to-day came out of the reticent attitude he has observed all along, ,eo fax as to deny strongly the suggestion that the seamen are withdrawing from the position they have taken up. The members were just as solid, he asserted, as on the day they came out, and there is not the slightest sign of a breakaway. WAIROA WATERSIDE WORKERS. , WAIROA, November 29. Acting under instructions _ received from Wellington, the local waterside workers resumed work to-night. PROSECUTIONS AT AUCKLAND. FIFTY SEAMEN TO BE CHARGED. (Psb United Press Association.! AUCKLAND, November 29. About 50 seamen are to bo prosecuted the Labour Department at Auckland in j connection with the shipping trouble. It is understood that they will be charged with taking part in an unlawful strike. THE LOCAL POSITION. ; PALOONA SAILING TO-DAY. ..JVIr S. K. Sleigh, Dunedin manager for the'.Union S.S. Company, informed a reporter last night that the Poloona will be i despatched to-night for Lyttelton and Wei- 1 lington. The crew has not yet been signed i on, but it is understood that the full com- j plement is available. The Paloona has | been held up since Sunday last, when the ; majority of her crow signed off. having previously given the master 24 hours’ notice. It is not proposed in the meantime to send her over to Melbourne. '.There was no other development in the local position yesterday. r tjhe Seamen’s Union office had nothing to, say. IN, AUSTRALIA. tHE SEAMEIirS BOYCOTT. TWELVE UNION COMPANY VESSELS . ;IDLE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. >■SYDNEY, November 29. , ,The cargo steamer Kanna set down to sail last night, has been hold np owing to.-the boycott. There are now 12 Union Company’s vessels idle in Australian Waters, aggregating 40,000 tons. Heavy bookings are reported by the Ulimaroa. anil if i#‘ stated that premiums were offered privately for berths on the vessel. ■ At a mass meeting of seamen the Communist faction prevented the boycott from being lifted. A resolution was passed reiterating the demand for the unconditional release of the Long Bay prisoners. It was decided to forgo these demands in the event of a settlement of the New Zealand ’’.rouble. —A. and N.Z. Cable. \ MAEURA TO RE DESPATCHED. A VOLUNTEER CREW. - UNIONISTS INDIGNANT. SYDNEY, November 29. ,- r {Received Nov. 29, at 9.40 p.m.) The Union Company announces that it bas been decided to despatch the Makura on • Friday next by means of volunteer labour- Th® unionists are indignant, at,the proposal and have called a special meeting of the unions concerned; to decide what action will bo taken. A general upheaval if-prodicted. ‘ ■ The 'crew of the Kanna has been paid off.