17S 6D AN HOUR
TUG CREWS’ DEMAND SALVAGE SERVICE AT STANDSTILL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 28. It is reported that the crews of the three tugs, Toia, Kahanui, and Terawhiti, are demanding 17s-6d an hour since the salvage work commenced, and ■a deadlock has been reached. All three have returned from the Wanganella. The Toia is carrying out various harbour duties, and the Kahanui and Terawhiti are lying at the Queen’s wharf, partly .loaded with salvage materials, but a large quantity remains on the wharf. The Labour Department has set up a tribunal, including representatives of the workers’ union aqd the employers. The tribunal was sitting this morning. ’’ It is understood that representatives of the men have given an assurance that if life is imperilled or an extreme crisis develops with the Wanganella they are prepared to take the tugs out, but otherwise there is for the moment a complete stoppage. There is a blue sky with a fresh northerly breeze blowing off shore, but a change to moderate southerly winds is forecast for this afternoon or early this evening.
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Evening Star, Issue 26011, 28 January 1947, Page 4
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17917S 6D AN HOUR Evening Star, Issue 26011, 28 January 1947, Page 4
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