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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 88, 8 January 1926, Page 10

Tho Petone Rifle Club will continue the third series and championship on Saturday, ranges 300 and 500 yards. Water-front disputes at Lyttelton during 1925 totalled twenty-six (states the “Lyttelton Times”). The chief cause of trouble was the discharging of sulphur, phosphate, and guano. A number of vessels were also delayed by disputes between the employers and crews. Some of these hold-ups were of a serious nature, and at the time it was teared that a general lock-out might follow. A limitation of members of the local Waterside Workers’ Union was carried out for a period. This was considered a step in the right direction, as it prevented men unskilled in waterside work coming to the port for short periods, thus reducing the average nay roll, which meant that skillc 1 workers would leave Lyttelton to seek work elsewhere.