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Southland Times, Issue 22013, 12 May 1933, Page 7

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SHIPPING DISPUTE NEW AGREEMENT ACCEPTED CUT OF PER CENT. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, May 11, The shipping dispute is practically settled. The conference framed a new agreement providing for a two and a half per cent, cut instead of the proposed five and also continuation of the old conditions. The agreement was ratified by the Wellington Union and other centres are expected to follow. No official statement was made available to-day but it is reliably stated that a complete agreement was arrived at on Wednesday by the committee of interested parties which has been endeavouring to arrive at an agreement acceptable to the shipowners and the union and that copies of this new proposed agreement were sent out that night to four unions. The Wellington Union met to-day and accepted the new terms. The men at Auckland. Lyttelton and Dunedin will meet to-morrow. The crews will sign on the vessels to-morrow on the conditions which were in force when they were signed off and these will remain in force until the end of this month. The 2J per cent, cut will come into operation on June 1. Members of the Cooks and Stewards’ Union will also sign on on the old terms. It is understood the agreement reached by the committee also included paying off all non-union crews engaged since the hold-up started. There were nearly twenty ships paid off at Wellington which will be recommissioning, while there are about 30 more at other ports. The ships at Wellington will recommission to-morrow with the exception of the Monowai which leaves next Thursday for Sydney after missing one round trip. The crew of the Nelson ferry steamer Matangi left Wellington to-night by the Maori. The Matangi has been laid up at Nelson for annual overhaul and now resumes the running of the Arahura which will lay up at Nelson. AUSTRALIAN WATERSIDERS NOT LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Melbourne, May 11. Officials of the Waterside Workers’ Federation regard as remote the possibility of Australian waterside workers becoming involved in the New Zealand shipping dispute. No official advice of the trouble has yet been received by the union. It is contended that the New Zealand unionists have a better chance of success by confining the dispute to the smallest area possible. MAUNGANUI SAILS NO TROUBLE EXPERIENCED. (United Press Assn.-Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) Sydney, May 11. The Maunganul sailed at 3.45 p.m. for Wellington. All was quiet on the wharf. Among the passengers are Sir James Parr, Leader of the New Zealand Legislative Council, and members of the Australian Universities Rugby team to tour New Zealand. VOLUNTEER CREW RE-ENGAGED. (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) > (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, May 11, Ten additional stewards were engaged here owing to the big passenger list. It is understood that they are unionists. The whole of the volunteer crew were re-engaged for the return trip to New Zealand.