NEW SHIPPING TROUBLE
IN NORTHERN CC.'S FLEET.
TWELVE STEAMERS HELD UP.
OFFICERS SEEK A CONFERENCE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Tuesday.
Twelve of the Northern Company's steamers are held up in port to-day owing to a deadlock in regard to the question of holding an early conference to discuss a new agreement between the owners and the Merchant Service Guild. . 'The old agreement expired on October 22, and the owners informed the Guild that a conference could not take place until after Christmas, but the date was .subsequently altered to December 15. Tho Guild then demanded a conference by next Friday, and after further negotiation the Northern Co. offered to meet the Guild on December 9. Members of the Guild are considering the situation, and meanwhile the vessels are held up.
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Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14229, 2 December 1919, Page 5
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