TROUBLE SPREADS
WATERFRONT DISPUTE
CALL UNANSWERED
EMPLOYERS FIRM
(By Teiegrapr.—-Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day.
Nine ships and two lighters are now held up as a result of the trouble with waterside workers on the Waiana. Since the trouble spread from the Waiana to the Canopus, two overseas ships have arrived, the New Zealand Shipping Company's Rotorua from Liverpool, and the German freighter Gera from New Orleans. These and five small coastal vessels and two lighters are unable to obtain men for handling cargo.
No conference took place today between the watersiders engaged for. the Waiana and the employers. Nine gangs of men waited at the vessel from 8 o'clock until midday, but as there were no signs of settlement by then they went away.
At the waterside labour bureau the only call made for labour was for the Waiana, but it remained unanswered.
The Shipping and Stevedores' Association announced this morning that they intend to stand by the decision not to employ labour until the required number of men man the Waiana.
There is a belief among watersiders that the Minister of Labour (the Hon. H. T. Armstrong) may arrive by aeroplane this afternoon to mediate, but nothing is known officially.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 135, 4 December 1937, Page 10
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201TROUBLE SPREADS Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 135, 4 December 1937, Page 10
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