ENGINEERS ON STRIKE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 115, 20 June 1914, Page 9

ENGINEERS ON STRIKE.

SERIOUS DISLOCATION.

"SPintea" and "Sydney Sun" Servicca;

LONDON, June 18:

Dislocation in the t shipping trade, owing to the strike of engineers employed in ''tramp *■' ; steariicrsj is'.befeii- ' ning to be felt in many British ports. ocean lines are hot affected, but t'hc*earrying tradfe'-wiW;be. seriously interfered nb : *agreement -i*

reached. '_ •• : ;'..-' '■■•.'■■■ * * The- Strike Committee state that engineers are refusing-to : sign articles'al.' over the United Kingdom.

i The owners are determined not .to concede higher' rates, because freights , forbid. "''■■". PRESS SYMPATHY. : .' ELATES OF REMUNERATION; > : : ''Times'' and Scrdccs. 1 '''■"■■ (Received June 20, 8 a.m%) "f /; '' --.; " The-Times,' • in a.-leaderJ says'that; the ' "engineers'. work' : v constantly, be- . comes : more" responsible and arduous," ', and the public would be probably sur- ~ prised at the , rates^'of remuneration "■;; demanded; xtot because they are so 5 high, but because the*/ arc not iiigher. , : THE TROUe£e~~EXTENDING. .'"'•.'. ' (Received June 20, 10:15 a!m.) ,' LONDON, June 19. The strike of engineers on the coastal' ' tramp steamers is .spreading, and it now affects vessels from the Tyneside, South : Wales, and some from London. ...' »