WHARF LABOUR COSTS
FEWER CARGO CLAIMS
The gros.'i cost-of labour, ibqth permanent and casual, employed onUiaftdf ling cargo shows an increased OH the year's figures, stated,the ireport of the general manager1 (Mr. A. G. Barnett), presented at the annual meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board last night* The cargo claims paid during the past year amounted to £88 11s 7d, as compared with £223 4s 6d, £94. 13s 3d, and £39 10s lid in the three preceding years. The analysis for the year is as follows:—Damage and/ 34 claims, £67 8s 6d; goods-short delivered, 3 claims, £19 18s 4d; cost of adjusting errors in.delivery, four claims, £1 4s 9d; total, 41 claims, £88 lls 7d. tfhe - total amount of cargo: handled by tfie tractors was 454,906 tons.:-The quantity of'cheese and fruit handled in the board's cool store amounted to 35,699 tons, ' ; ::.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 70, 24 March 1938, Page 14
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141WHARF LABOUR COSTS Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 70, 24 March 1938, Page 14
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