GENERAL WATERFRONT WORK DURING HOLIDAYS

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 April 1946, Page 4

GENERAL WATERFRONT WORK DURING HOLIDAYS

The Greymouth watersiders are working as usual during the Easter holidays, and ships were loaded at Greymouth to-day. The men will be available again for work on Monday. Easter Monday. The Greymouth Evening Star will not be published on Monday (Easter Monday). Post Office Hours.

Anzac Day (April 25) will be observed as a Sunday at the Chief Post Office, Greymouth. There will, however, be a continuous telephone attendance, and the telegraph branch will be open from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. The private box lobby will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Plane Delayed. The Air Travel (N.Z.) Ltd passenger plane to Nelson was delayed yesterday because of a defect in the radio equipment. The aircraft returned to Greymouth from the Seven Mile and, after repairs had been made, took off on a test flight before proceeding to Nelson. The breakdown caused, a delay of about 20 minutes. Decision for Nurse.

Delivering a reserved decision yesterday, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Nelson Hospital Board against a judgment of Mr. Justice Finlay on a point of law argued before the hearing of an action in which Jessie Agnes Cook, formerly of Nelson but now of Dunedin, claimed £5250 damages from the board for injuries received in jumping from a balcony of the nurses’ home at Nelson on October 30, 1938, to escape being burnt to death. The appeal was heard by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, Mr. Justice Blair, Mr. Justice Kennedy and Mr. Justice Callan. They were unanimous that the appeal should be dismissed.

Railwaymen’s’Wages. “It has been learned that there is a wage increase coming for railway workers,” states the April issue of the Hutt Railway Workshops Gazette. “So far the full details are not knowift It is understood that the cost-of-living bonus will be included in the wages, and there will be' a slight increase over this. This has arisen following the increases granted to the Post and Telegraph workers. In order to maintain uniformity between the two services the railways are due for some increase. It is understood that the lower grades of the first division will benefit, and so will the tradesmen and lowerpaid labourers. So far there is no information regarding the position of semi-skilled workers.”