POSITION IN AUSTRALIA. MAKURA AND MANUKA DISCHARGING.
STEWARDS MAKE A STAND
SYDNEY, November 25. The Ulimaroa's mails and luggage were landed. The discharging of the Makura and the Manuka by-the office staff is.slowly proceeding. The Willochra is tied to the wharf. Her cargo " will not be .handled until the unloading . of. the Makura is-finished. The Karitane's —fOShego is also left untouched for the time being. Anxiety is felt in 'connection with the discharge of a record cargo of •bananas arriving to-morrow from Fiji ,_ >by the Tofua. The wharf labourers "have announced that' they do not intend to discharge her. \ - . It is now definitely stated that the stewards on the Makura and fhe Willochra last night decided to' cease supplying^ food, to, fhp_ jpffice staff ongaged in discharging the steamers on the ground that they are free labourers. ,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8725, 26 November 1913, Page 5
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137POSITION IN AUSTRALIA. MAKURA AND MANUKA DISCHARGING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8725, 26 November 1913, Page 5
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