AVAR EFFORT
Sir—Your correspondent “Wharfie” feels a bit sore over the statements made by "A Voice from the Bush. “Wharfie" says they have a hard time of it. working on the wharf when the barber is in full blast at Greymouth. He says he has seen icicles on the men’s whiskers during a barber. Perhaps that was in the old Westland days, when they all wore whiskers, and the birds built their nests in them. What about the shunters, who have to work early and late, in all weathers? They cannot seek shelter; they have to stick to their job. I think the wharfies are doing very well; they earn about double what the shunters do. The work cannot be very hard when men of 70 and over are able to do it. They were all appealed for recently, and all ticked exempt.—Yours, etc BOMBER. Greymouth, November 24, 1942.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23809, 1 December 1942, Page 6
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