SHIPS HELD UP

Southland Times, Issue 25361, 13 August 1935, Page 7

SHIPS HELD UP

WANGANELLA AFFECTED PROPOSAL TO EXTEND DISPUTE UNION’S ATTITUDE (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 7.30 p.m.) Sydney, August 12. The seamen to-day reaffirmed their decision to maintain a black ban on the Huddart Parker Company’s ships until the Zealandia trouble is .adjusted and to extend the trouble if the men who offered first as pick-ups are not accepted because of unsatisfactory discharges. The ships now affected in Sydney are the Zealandia, the Wanganella, the Talune and the Mildura. The Wanganella is consequently not sailing tonight. Mr Forbes and the Maori footballers will be unable to sail until Thursday, when the Marama is due to leave for Wellington. To-day’s meeting gave a poor hearing to the moderates, but another meeting will be held to-morrow when the result of the meetings at Melbourne and Newcastle will be discussed. More seamen should then be in port and the moderates will make a determined effort to capture the meeting and defeat the extension plans. Defining the union’s 'attitude to the hold-up, Mr W. Clarke, Federal president of the Seamen’s Union, declared at Melbourne that the seamen did not regard the issue as a strike. “Ships are idle as a result of a boycott by the owners following victimization of the men dismissed,” he said. The Federal Cabinet to-night considered the shipping hold-up and decided to take no action until the Court has given its decision in the seamen’s overtime claim. The case is expected to be heard to-morrow. VICTORIAN SEAMEN SUPPORT FOR STRIKERS. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.' (Rec. 11.25 p.m.) Melbourne, August 12. After a meeting which lasted till early this evening the Victorian seamen decided to support the Sydney strike decision, also to use every effort to “bring the strike to a successful conclusion.” The meeting was also attended by men from ships which reached port today. This means that more ships will be held up as they reach Melbourne. An extension of the trouble to the Melbourne-Tasmania service is feared as five men are expected to leave the Nairana on her arrival from Launceston to-morrow. It is expected that difficulty will be experienced in replacing them. This service has been uninterrupted for many years.