25 YEARS AGO
Surplus Of Wharf Labour
(From “Tlie Dominion,” Sept. 29, 1914.)
It is estimated that there is a surplus in labour of 500 or 600 men on the Wellington wharves at present. This, of course, is inevitable after the bustle of the loading and equipment of the troopships. This surplusage of labour can only be absorbed in phenomenally busy times. There were about 1100 men, including harbour board employees, engaged on the waterfront last week. This shows a falling-off from the number the previous week. « ■* *
A porter at Ngahauranga, Wellington, had a somewhat exciting experience last night. He was adjusting a signal-wire, and turned the green light to the signalman. Immediately he was pounced on by six men from the fort, who alleged that he had been signalling in the Morse code, ami conveyed him to the fort. After explanations and cautions, the porter was released. ♦ * »
The Marquis of Lincolnshire, better known to Australians as Lord Carrington, has given orders that no rents shall be collected during the war from any of his cottages where any adult member of the familj’ has joined the colours or volunteered for public service.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 2, 27 September 1939, Page 8
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19225 YEARS AGO Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 2, 27 September 1939, Page 8
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