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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 753, 28 February 1910, Page 6

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r ;; ' f ■■•■(: . ; /.■';»--■—— : "'::v:--"':i |•;, : .■,TOLOMroG';;.OF.■;Tra■'.'WANAKi; , ■; , ,■ j'.;}:y;Fim MEN..CEASE';WORK.t • '.'•'': ; Owing to a dispute over the; question of _how; cargo, should, be handled'.: soiue 50" odd .labourers,, who were ,■ unloading, cargo'.from -the .Wahaka, ceased . work, pending ,;some-,;arrangement .'.with theiremployers. The Wanaka.aVWge,cargo steamerof- the. Union -Steam'.Ship' Coinpariyfs fleet, arrived -from;' Limestone,; Is-. morning', having. about [ 650/ tons, of. cement' for discharge:;at this, port.... A/certain. quantity.';was: to be. put outX/at.. King's ';,wharf- and the vessel ■was', then-, to ; . Across to "No;-. 6 Wharf. : Had.; matters, progressed satisfactorily, she would have been at-Queeh's ; Wharf on:: Saturday, evening, but she has: not-.yet.• made'/'a-'move and she still has over, 500 .tons :•, of •. cement 'in/her holds.' '.'• : It appears .'.that ; soon' after 5 the vessei'was, berthed- at-; King's : Wharf, separate* i,gangs r of.,men were' employed oh'each' ■of ..the; four holds,'and. with/the men'at-' tendirig'ti) the" slings ..'on the wharf, con•Siderably. over.-50.:hands ..were- engaged-iri unloading the'-cement.; .before the.' work' had -'been,;in', progre'ss' very" long and ';Tesulted : .::in four' men' P e sg -sent; to.-look' for/;new.emploifment. :: , ■• The ,cause ■■■ of., 'the" unpleasantness was '?P,™ S -, .."-Officers, of .'.the '/steamer 'prolubited the ■; use of hooksi-but the'men insisted on.tbem./.'When tho gangs'resumed., afifer /.the./aunch .hour. another, two ...men were put off, andas a result' the whole: contingent.'.' left'.' the : ' ship. .'■ A- brief conference' of. the,men.was,held'' on the ,wharf,;but" it did not.bring about a resumption ,of/work,. and/so 'the. Wanaka; is_ being;delayed.,:// It'is:/stated by ■the - men .that no. matter, how. .the/cement'. =Lv ?^l d ' on ", llle " shi P fit "" L - P aot ed in', sacks) tho sacks are-.apt to chock; on the' voyage the : coast and are very: difJ handle' with bare hands: ih.'faot,. it. a:blacksmith's-hands would .not. stand such: usage. On' the ; ,ofter jiandiv.howover.^'the-hooks: are' greaj .damaged the sacks and a'considtobW quantity,,of cement wl,^ t; \™ n > fo i e 'L he 'Acks leave the' ?Wf ' V' ; m 7°£?. ,' a « - affair/was. su&V •'S tt ..t" 6 ./trouble : mentioned, and; for .the;- present; the'ship -is; being seriously inconvenienced. "-■'■■ ■'.- B . /When-, the"menVceased"work" on -'. Satl &S^ nad'S' j }^. e ? Q"«' oijh.6 snip, vepresenting .about 'ISife thus'some 500 >Ct sbll to be discharged. "Whether - the '-men will resume early this morning ascertainable 'yesterday; ■ '• ™ ■ . ■