SHIPPING STRIKE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16869, 26 October 1925, Page 7

SHIPPING STRIKE.

STRIKERS DEPOSE PRESIDENT. LINERS MANNED WITH MIXED CREWS. ■Elec. Tel. Copyright-United Pres’a Assn SYDNEY, Oct. 25. Strike affairs arc quiet. A meeting of strikers, deposed their president, Mr. J. A. Johnstone, and elected Mr. >L C. Channon president. 'MELBOURNE, Oct. 24. Tn-dav the. Ceramic sailed for Sydney with a skeleton crew. PERTH. Oct. 24.

The steamer Varoola, due to sail tor Eastern ports, is held up. tho crew, refusing to sail unless two.sick members of (lie crew are. put. ashore. (Per Press Association.! WELLINGTON,- last night.

There is no material change in the local .shipping position. Jfc is understood considerable free labor is offering, but the coin pari ids aro j reticent as to what amount of such labor is being accepted. The Turn kina, on board which a fire broke out the other day, doing considerable damage to tho copra cargo, sailed to-day for Napier to complete loading for Home. The. Athonic also left this port for Lyttelton to continue loading. Both vessels were fully manned by mixed crews of free and union labor. The unionists resent the presence of volunteers, but no open hostility is shown.

“DECLARED OFF.” STRIKERS ACKNOWLEDGE DEFEAT. tPer Press Association.> ' AUCKLAND, this day. The strike of British seamen in New Zealand is to be declared off, according to a speaker at the seamen’s demonstration last evening. In announcing the decision he stated the seamen had decided to retreat, the reason being that a number, who remained on their \ essnls would not join the strikers. He acknowledged that the strikers had been beaten in the struggle, but although they had lost this time lie said they intended to renew the strike at some future period, when their forces would be numerically stronger.