SHIPPING STRIKE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19850, 20 January 1920, Page 5

SHIPPING STRIKE.

MARINE ENGINEERS’ DISPUTE.

By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 20, 10.45 a.to.) . MELBOURNE, - January 20. The marine engineers and owners conference has not reached finality, but it is understood that there is a likelihood of a compromise. SHIPPING PARALYSIS.

The “Sydney Sim” of January 2 said:—Firmly held by a grip which has caused paralysis, Australia’s great mercantile marine is lying out of commission at various ports on the coast, and while the trader is straining every nerve to find a way of transporting his merchandise, the Shipping Controller and the Institute of Marine Engineers, the two parties to the strike, sit still waiting for something to happen. At the beginning of the trouble the executive of the institute stated that it would take a long time to put a on the whole of the fleet. <nt that in the end not. one vessel would move- It has taken a couple of neeks tor the majority of the coasters to reach their home ports, and to-day there is only an occasional report of nil 'i , Australian-owned ship having sailed or arrived at anv port in the Commonwealth. Within the oast nenty-fonr hours four more steamers in\o men throw;; out of commission. ■ n V fc ." as , said to-day by an official of the institute that another clav or no will see the end of sailings, so far aS m, engineers are concerned. Jlie withdrawal of a single trader _i,‘ in . *’ F enous blow to the exporter, who tor four years has been veriouslv tion of ” H ’ flS 1°- n , !l Tasfc Dwnmuflatum of cargo, which required mam* SSfa? rtlnll ' T thp ** of thg when °T ors t0 Inst st cl . n 'w, WnS ° Rin " m "<*« ‘the .t.civ... and the prospects of trade bemir earned on without anv serious in teiTiiphion looked good. disastrous a.s the previous ' one t °Cir(ve ,, - 0n t l<? business community, yrgo is now piling 110 everywhere SLWwnara