WATERSIDERS' STAND
REFUSAL TO WORK CARGO
(Ey Telegraph.—Press Association.) ''" '"' CHRIST CHUECH, .May..7. •The only, new "developments in the
the weekend were the holding up of the. U.S.S. Co.'s small steamer Opihi, and the refusal of waterside workers to work the Waikouaiti on Saturday afternoon. The Opihi arrived on Saturday I morning from.Timaru. The crew were j offered the new terms, which they refused to accept. They were accordingly given twenty-four hours' notice, and will be paid off tomorrow. The crew of the Waikouaiti left the ship at midday on Saturday, and were i paid off during tlio afternoon, > Watersiders declined to resume working her cargo in the afternoon.'
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 106, 8 May 1933, Page 8
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108WATERSIDERS' STAND Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 106, 8 May 1933, Page 8
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