SEAMEN'S STRIKE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18879, 3 December 1935, Page 5

SEAMEN'S STRIKE

WANGANELLA DELAYED TASMAX SERVICE BUFFERS DISLOCATION OF MAILS The Wnnganella, which was scheduled io have Sydney on Saturday afternoon for Auckland, where she was due' tomorrow morning, is held up in Sydney 1,1 consequence of (lie shipping strike.

It is now indefinite when Ihe YVangniicil'. will sail and how the 250 passengers booked by the vessel will reach New Zealand. " The next passenger steamer scheduled to leave Australia for New Zealand is the Royal Mail liner Niagara, which reached Sydney from Auckland yesterday. She is to leave 011 Thursday for Auckland, where she i,, ,\\u' to arrive next Monday morning.

Tin- Niagara's crew, however, are under Australian articles, and this may involve the vessel in the trouble. On li ;v recent voyagi to Vancouver she carried a volunteer crew, who were shipped at Sydney in October to replace lie unionist crew, who went on strike

The Monowai arrived at Sydney from Wellington yesterday. and she ischeduled to sail on Friday for Wellington, where she is >\uc, next Monday afternoon. She carries a New Zealand crew, who should not be affected by the present labor trouble in Australia. XEXT STEAM EH, FOB AUSTRALIA following the Monowai the Matson Line steamer Monterey will leave Sydney on December 14 for Auckland, where she will, arrive on December 17. The Monterey's present, time-table dates ar ■ ior the "benefit of Australian, vacation tourists, who will travel to Bago L'avo by the vessel and will, return by the Mariposa, both vessels connecting ai l'ago Bago. Bui for the special circumstances the Monterey should leave S.ydnev on December 11 and arrive at .Auckland on December 14.

Failing the despatch of the Wangnrtlla from Sydney the next passenger steamer to sail from Xew Zealand for Australia will be the .Marama. which will leave Wellington next. Saturday for Bluff and Melbourne. She is due at Melbourne on December 13. She will be followed by the Royal Mail liner Mamiganui,' which is scheduled to leave Wellington on. December 10 ami to reach Sydney <m December 14. Both the Marama and the Maunganui carry New Zealand crews, and they should not lie affected by the trouble. MAIL SERVICES I NTEBB fI'TED Tlie delay to shipping at Sydney is dislocating' the mail service between Australia and New Zealand. The VVanganell.i was to have brought an Australian mail, which would have been delivered in ion Wednesday. Miless there is a cargo steamer available the mail will not now reach New Zealand until next week. An Empire air mail scheduled to reach London on December 23 was to have been dispatched from Auckland for Svdnev bv the Wanganella next Eridav had the vessel been available. Owing to the delay the mail will have to be forwarded by another vessel and wib miss the connection with the air nail service from Sydney. Consequently ,1 will not reach England before Christ-

'■|-| 1( , Kmpire air mail which left Bunlon on November 17 is due at Sydney 10-dav. having been four days late leav- ;„„ Singapore. It should reach New Zealand next Monday.