WHARF LUMPERS AND SUNDAY.
TO THK EDITOB. Sir, —The writer of a letter appearing in your issue of 26th inst. is either no lumper or a very malicious one. We do not like turning out on a Sunday, neither do the officials of the U.S.S. Company. It is only a case of necessity when we do so. For instance, a steamer has to leave on a Monday; she does not arrive here until Sunday. " To enable her to keep her time work has to be commenced at midnight. The stevedore does not know what she has in, nor how many hands will be required to work her, nor can he find out until her arrival; if he could the men would be told off on a Saturday, and for his own comfort I am sure he would do so. We are well paid for the work, and although we deplore the inconvenience we cannot see how it can be avoided. So long as we have tho work we are content to put up with the discomfort.—l am, etc., Anti-humbug. Dunedin, December 28.
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Evening Star, Issue 9889, 28 December 1895, Page 4
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182WHARF LUMPERS AND SUNDAY. Evening Star, Issue 9889, 28 December 1895, Page 4
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