REFUSAL TO OBEY ORDERS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1934, Page 3

REFUSAL TO OBEY ORDERS

92 CONVICTIONS AT GREYMOUTH. I ■ ; : • ■ -n SENTENCE ON SEAMEN DEFERRED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Greymouth, Aug. 4. • ■ As a sequel to the shipping hold-up at Greymouth 92 seamen, firemen and trimmers from vessels in port were charged to-day in the Police Court with refusal to obey orders. . Most of the pleas were not guilty and the Union Company did not, press for a penalty if the men were prepared to take - the ships to sea, but if they did not the maximum penalty, was asked'for. Mr. Gray, who appeared tor the men, said that they were prepared to take . out the ships if their wage cuts were restored. , .. . All of the men were convicted, and sentence was deferred till Monday. Permission was given the seamen to attend' / the funeral to-morrow of a Kaimai man who died in hospital from pleurisy. VESSEL AT WELLINGTON “BLACK.” NO WORK DONE ON GOLDEN COAST. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Wellington watersiders have taken similar action with regard to the American steamer Golden Coast as was taken, at Auckland, and the vessel has been declared “black.”. She was berthed yesterday at the Taranaki Street wharf, where she is guarded by the police, and only those having business on the ship were permitted to go on the wharf.. She has 500 tons of cargo for Welling- . ton, and also a Polled Shorthorn, bull, which was transfered to the Janie Seddon yesterday morning and taken to Somes Island. The Parera was still one man short in the crew yesterday and Holm and Company will pay her off on Monday and lay her up. Owing to the shortage in the crew the Union Company has paid off the Kini and laid her up. The position at Westport is unaltered; states a Press Association message. There are nine vessels in port including the Fiscus, an overseas steamer, and the Te Aroha, both of which are not affected by the shipping hold-up. The Canopus and the Kiwitea are both loaded and ready to sail, but are still berthed at the wharf awaiting a decision to take them to sea. . ' - '/■ 7