THE POSITION AT SYDNEY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 19961, 15 December 1913, Page 5

THE POSITION AT SYDNEY.

(United Press Association— Copyright.) SYDNEY, December 13. The Canada Capo-has been moored \n the stream. It is understood the unionists will be given another opportunity of working the vessel on Monday. TJio Manuka sails for Auckland 0:1 Monday. . . The fhumata, with timber from HoIdanga, is stuck up. . Tho wharf labourers are still adhering to the policy of the Unionists' Conference, namely, .that they will unload only those Union Company's vessels not trading with New Zealand. The secretary of the Unionists Lonierence has received further cables from New Zealand stating that the strike has not collapsed. The crew of the Inga, which has arrived at Newcastle froffi Sydney, gavo twenty-four hours' notice at Sydney, believing they were going to load coal for New Zealand. The coal trimmers refused to trim coal for the same vea*on. The seamen v however, accepted an assurance that the Injja was not going to New Zealand: She probably £oes to Suva

Tha trimmers of iSmvcastle refuse v.o trim tiie Kurow, which: arrived if or coal from the Dominion. . Tho opinion of the Employers'- Federation is that prompt action should, bo taken by 'the Government to restoi^o shipping facilities between New South "Wales and New Zealand. A meeting of the Federation on Thursday forwarded a resolution to the Premier (Mr. Holman), stating that as the existing trouble had not originated here, and there was nothing at issue between rue New South Wales employers and tho wharf employees, the Government should take steps'lo restore the facilitieswhica nro in suspense owing to the un warranted action of certain employees connected with watorside work in this port.