SYDNEY WHARF TROUBLE.
HEN,. REFU.SE, TO WORK OVER-
(Received Jam. 19, 9.50 a.m.) , / SYDNEY, Jan. 19. The „ ."wharfies" only worked ordinary hours on .Saturday, which resulted i^. chaoV, ' The ,Willochra was left \rith- a quantity of untendered cargo, on ihe wharf, and other steamers weradejayed or sailed without portion 6s; ,th«ir cargoes, ... It is understood that the dh:edtr' -action swas 'thp, result t of the, failure, of the Melbourne confez*ence £o effect a settlement.' ' "" The men are demanding 2s an hour ordinary time and 3s'an hour overtime, instead of Is 6d and 2s 3d Tespectively. Mr HugheS does not [ believe that the men's actidn in declining to work overtime represents the deliberate intention1 of the- Sydney branch of the Federation. ' • Presumably a small section of extremists precipitated the trouble.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 8
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129SYDNEY WHARF TROUBLE. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1914, Page 8
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