Red-Raggers Delay
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Departure
Of Liner Aorangi
THE Central Pacific communities, already suffering from the shipping dislocations caused by the strikes in New Zealand, will now have more troubles, caused by the hold-up of the trans-Pacific liner Aorangi.
The Aorangi was due to leave Sydney for Auckland, Suva and Vancouver, on June 7: but, a few days before that, the seamen left the ship because of political trouble. Healy, the Red leader of the Watersiders, is being prosecuted by the Menzies Government, and the Aorangi seamen left their jobs, in protest.
It was announced on June 6 that the departure of the liner has been postponed indefinitely.
Because of high costs, the Union SS Co. withdrew the liner from the Pacific service, last year. She was restored when the Australian and NZ Governments pro vided a subsidy. Now, she is idle again.
Australia now is so completely under the domination of “red-raggers” that her shipping business is in serious disorgan isation, and all supplies of essential goods —especially foodstuffs —are shrinking steadily.