ONE THOUSAND MEN WORKING.
AND MORE ARE WANTED
OVERSEAS BOATS UNLOADING,
WELLINGTON, November < 27. , . . 12.23 p.m.
There is still a shortage of labour on the wharves, although ' 1000, men are working. Forty joined the _ new union this morning, five being strikers; 130 men are engaged coaling. Twenty-five boats are, working today. ■ ■:. ■ ■.-.. The Strumfels, which arrived from New York via Auckland, has 1500 tons of cargo.to put out here, but owing to a shortage of labour unloading operations cannot commence until to-mor-row.. • - .■■■ .' . ■ The Oorinthic. will not finish unloading untilsto-moriw night, when she will leave for Lyttelton.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8726, 27 November 1913, Page 5
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95ONE THOUSAND MEN WORKING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8726, 27 November 1913, Page 5
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