Fish Consignment Held Up
Press Association.
INVERCARGILL, Last Night,
A big consignment of fish from the Southland Cool Stores and tho Bluff Freezing Company, which was loaded out for shipment to Melbourne yesterday by the Waitaki, was left unloaded this evening. It was stated that the crew firmly refused to take the ship to sea if the fish was put on board. This stand was taken, it is understood, because the Seamen’s Union is sympathetic to the Fishermen’s Union, which has affiliated to it. The attitude is considered to be strange, as this particular consignment has been paid for at the agreed price.
This afternoon instructions were received from tho merchants concerned to load into trucks approximately 608 cases of frozen blue cod for shipment to Australia by the Waitaki. This was done, but advice was later received that if the fish were taken on board the crew would refuse to sail. Consequently the fish remains in the trucks at a further loss to those concerned.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 184, 6 August 1938, Page 5
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166Fish Consignment Held Up Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 184, 6 August 1938, Page 5
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