DUNEDIN WATERFRONT
SATISFACTORY CONTINUANCE OF WORK All the vessels at Dunedin wharves are being satisfactorily worked, and as a result of the settlement reached yesterday between the employers and the workers about 200 men were- given employment. The men booked wero distributed among the vessels as under: — Wingatui ... 01 Kawatiri -15 llollinside 'lO Doonholm ... 00 Dreeze 18 Total engaged 197 The Kawatiri is the steamer which first became involved, the men being unwilling to discharge her Newcastle coal without extra pay. 'When the Dunedin portion of the cargo has been discharged the vessel will sail for Camara and Timaru with the balance. A settlement of the wages (picsturn is pending. The Ngaknla arrived tins morning, and other vessels are duo to arrive at early dates. There will be a shortage of labor, if anything, for the next low days, though some watorsiders will he free, on account of sailings, to deal with the incoming vessels’ cargoes.
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Evening Star, Issue 19000, 23 July 1925, Page 9
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156DUNEDIN WATERFRONT Evening Star, Issue 19000, 23 July 1925, Page 9
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