AN IDLE PORT
WATERSIDERS AND WET WEATHER. When calls for labour were made on the waterfront at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. today there was no response on the part of the waterside workers, and as a result the port is idle. It is the usual custom to make the first call of the day at 8 a.m., but this morning, owing to heavy rain, the employers made no call, as they are required to pay wages from the time labour is engaged. The weather cleared, however, towards 9 o'clock, and at this hour a call was made. On this occasion there was no response from the watersiders. Another call was made this afternoon, but again no labour was available. The stoppage is naturally having the effect of holding up' several vessels, which otherwise would have cleared port to-day. The Pateena, for Picton and Nelson, was over an hour late in sailing this afternoon. A number of coastal boats will be unable to sail to-night, but the ferry .steamer Wahine and the N. elson steamer Kaitoa will get away as usual. It 'is uhderstood'that the watersiders will be ready to resume operations tomorrow morning, but no official statement was obtainable to-day from union officials.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 34, 9 August 1920, Page 8
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204AN IDLE PORT Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 34, 9 August 1920, Page 8
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