WHEAT LOADING HOLD-UP
STOP-WORK MEETING AT LYTTELTON
WEIGHT OF SACKS A hold-up in the loading of wheat, a ommodity deemed essential supplj 3 the North Island, occurred at Lytffton yesterday afternoon. Waterside workers complained that some of me ass in the consignment exceeded me greed weight of 2031b, and a stop/ork meeting is reported to have beer eld. The loading of the ship was coninued in the evening, and at 9.30 p.m /hen work ceased, it was re P or j e< lany trucks of wheat had beer hunted off the wharf, other classes o. argo for the ship being handled t bj iie waterside workers in the evening No official statements could be chained last night from the Lytteltor ranch of the Waterside Workers Inion, the Waterfront Controller (Cap ain H. Brocket!), or shipping company epresentatives. A general summary f the causes leading up to the hold id given from various sources was tna 0 to 40 waggons of wheat were no aaded. This represented more that alf of the consignment for a northerr ort. The explanation was made tha Ithough the average weight of 101 acks from each truck was well undei he limit weight of 2031b. the watersidi /eight check showed that a f the bags average from 215 to 2201b 1 meeting was held and the unionist esolved that the remainder of tin /heat cargo should not be loaded. A report was made that the vesse n which the wheat was consignee /ould not leave overnight, and the iope was expressed that a settlemen /ould be reached and the wheat cargi
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23587, 14 March 1942, Page 6
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