FOURTH PRODUCE CARRIER SAILS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19434, 21 October 1925, Page 7

FOURTH PRODUCE CARRIER SAILS

WAIMANA LEAVES AUCKLAND ASSEMBLING OF CREWS J MIXED COMPANIES [Per Press Association.] AU<J£LAND, Oct. 20. Two more British ships, the Waimana and the Otaki, were despatched from Auckland to-day. The Waimana sailed at 6.40 a.m. for Loudon via New York ?.nd Boston, and the Otaki at 4.30 p.m. fcr Wellington, Lyttelton and Dunedin. The Wairuana had been loaded for some weeks but her departure was delayed by the strike. The crew now consists of 46 volunteer seamen. She is the fourth British vessel to New Zealand with produce for England since the strike commenced. I’be other three ships were the Rcahine, Arawa and Port Dunedin. The strike delayed the Otaki for jvly 24 hours. She was readv to aaij at 3 pm. ou Monday. However the stokers rtfUised duty and her departure postponed. . The deck hands, four *blo seamen and nine ordinary son'.er. did »*•>* on strike, fhe i-ea** axd ri/m.’t'-srs were replac-

ed by 32 vziuii-zier The departure «f Tainm for Opua to {nerr jw cveslfrg wsil be interesting as .'.he carries a mixed crew. A number of the mvn dil not go out on strike and some who did returned to duty again, but are more or less still n svnuaVpv with the strikers. In ad- ■ J C2 sk u has 30 volunteer sealer.. ’Cc'&sf-qvSfctJy anything might oc-

I cur at sai-rng rims. ii« accordance with their undertax- • i«tg to resume work. 23 from , the Port Hacking who last were 'sentenced to six weeks’ imprisonment • for refusing duty, were released to I day. They left "by the Main Trunk ! express this evening to join the ship !at Wellington. The engineers belongj mg to the company acted as stokers on ’the Port Hacking’s trip from Aucklnrt I to Wellington.