HARBOUR BOARD’S POSITION
Mr C. W. Tyler (chairman) said yesterday that the Lyttelton Harbour Board was not directly concerned in the port dispute. It supplied mechanical aids at the request of the ship. Cranes were ordered for an 8 o’clock start on the Waiwera on he said. The shipping company then cancelled the order later in the morning and, as was normal procedure, the cranes were moved from the ship’s side. When they were again ordered for afternoon work, operations proceeded normally. Power was not cut off from the circuit. Cranes and other facilities were available to any shipping company requiring them and the operators were willing to work them. The dispute was ( between the shipping company and the waterside,workers, Mr Tyler said.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25555, 24 July 1948, Page 6
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