NO CHANGE

Southland Times, Issue 22011, 10 May 1933, Page 5

NO CHANGE

SHIPPING DISPUTE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES CONTINUED THE MAHIA AFFECTED (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, May 9. There was no change to-day in the shipping hold-up. The committee, set up as the result of the conference to find an “angle of approach” towards a settlement, met in the morning and in the afternoon again. They adjourned in the evening finally at nine o’clock. They will meet again to-morrow. Nothing of a definite nature resulted from to-day’s meetings. The waterfront was very quiet. The inter-island ferries were running according to schedules without incident. The Wanganella also arrived.. The only other arrival was the scow Echo, which left Wellington on Saturday for Blenheim with a new crew, and arrived back here early this morning. The watersiders refused to work her. The Wellington Harbour Board today commenced the construction of a strong barricade on the Thorndon breastwork. There are no gates in that portion of the waterfront. The remainder of the wharves can be shut off by gates.

The waterside workers also met the employers to-day. No statement was made available, but it is understood they discussed the working of the ships manned by non-Union labour. The watersiders so far have refused to work ships not manned by Union crews. The crew of the Shaw, Savill liner Mahia refused to take the ship out today. Their refusal is reported to be due to trouble which began in Australia regarding the boatswain. By 10.30 p.m. 19 of the crew had been arrested, charged with refusing duty. CHARGE OF ASSAULT SEAMAN FINED. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, May 9. At the Magistrate’s Court to-day, Walter Henry Tidy, aged 38, a seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Llewellyn Summerell. In a statement to the police, the accused said he had mistaken Summerell for someone else, who had called him a scab. A fine of £3 and costs was imposed. Terence Walsh Flynn, charged with being found armed with a bludgeon with felonious intent, elected to be tried by a jury and was remanded. CARGO HELD UP WAITING ON LYTTELTON WHARVES. (Per United Press Association.) _ Christchurch, May 9. To-day, as a result of the shipping dispute, 125 trucks of cargo, 47 containing potatoes, were waiting at the Lyttelton wharves for loading on to the Waipiata for Auckland. Nothing can be done to get them away. Pollard and flour are also held up and it is considered here that Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Gisborne and Napier will soon be seriously short of flour. Supplies for Wellington are going by the ferry steamers. In the Norwich Quay at Lyttelton, a number of seamen accosted a man, asking him his business. Not receiving a satisfactory reply, they assaulted him and he received a rough handling before being rescued by the police. An arrest was made. DOZEN VESSELS IDLE POSITION AT AUCKLAND. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, May 9. Over a dozen vessels are now held up in Auckland, owing to the seamen’s action. Two more of the Northern Company’s fleet, the Claymore and the Inhoe, were rendered idle to-day, the crews being given notice. THE MAUNGANUI UNIONS’ ATTITUDE UNCERTAIN. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Sydney, May 9. The Maunganui berths at. Darling Harbour upon her arrival to-morrow. Loading operations depend on the attitude taken up by the Seamen’s Union and the Waterside Workers’ Federation. Union officials will not make any statement as to the policy these bodies intend to adopt, and are not prepared to indicate whether they intend to support the action of New Zealand seamen.