CALL-UP OPPOSED
WATERSIDE WORKERS WELLINGTON SHORTAGE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 20. “If these men have to go into the army we will be in a state of chaos on the waterfront.” declared the waterfront controller, Captain Vandenbergh, at the Armed Forces Appeal Board in supporting an appeal on behalf of 80 Grade I waterside workers, all married men with children.
Since July last the Waterfront Commission had advertised for suitable men and 180 applications had been received. Of these, 124 had been admitted. He went on to stress the long hours worked and the necessity of only fit men being accepted owing to the strenuous nature of the work they had to do. When they came before the board on the last occasion the required strength was 1832, he said, and to-day they were 284 short of that. They definitely had not sufficient men in Wellington.
The man-power controller, Mr. Bockett, said that they wanted another 200 men for the waterfront if they could get them. The general secretary of the Watersiders’ Union, Mr. Hill, said that of the 1700 workers 1500 were over 45 years of age. The men were not admitted to membership unless they could work full time and handle anything they might be asked. Decision was reserved.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21152, 21 July 1943, Page 4
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