WORK OK THE WATERFRONT
(Special to the ‘ Sl4R.’] 'W iSLLIXGTOX. January 30. . sm, Ml amount of work is proceeding in a desultory way on the wharves to-dav. One ship is loading Imperial beef, but the gangs are moving very slowly, and the employers state that they will not proceed .after the cars at present on. tho wharf have been cleared. The American steamer Ldv. ard Jruclcenba-ch was idle this morning, but work began after lunch, the employers paying 2s an hour. This late was demanded by the union on the, ground that the ship carried oil as well as general cargo. Tho freezing works have been instructed to hold back all meat pending developments. The wharves present a strangely idle and deserted appearance.
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Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 4
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123WORK OK THE WATERFRONT Evening Star, Issue 16335, 30 January 1917, Page 4
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