CONTINUED REFUSAL.
TO ACCEPT OVERTIME. WATERSIDE PROSPECTS POOR. (Special Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, This Day. ' Hopes of an early settlement of the watersidcrs' dispute are not bright. The Wellington Waterside Union met vestcrday and decided to continue rc"fusing overtime and to support the Waterside Federation in resisting the employers' demand for a guarantee of normal working. The Seamen's Union also met during the day, and although no official report i s available there is a rumour that the seamen decided to support the watersiders. Nearly forty ships are now idie in Wellington; and the cost to the sliip- / owners is many thousands of pounds a dav, while the shortage of coal is becoming acute in the city.
INERT SHIPPING. TWENTY-SEVEN VESSELS. AUCKLAND, Thi s Day. The waterfront position is unchanged. Twenty-seven vessels, at the wharves, in the stream or in dock t»re idle and 1000 men are worklcss.— Pre% Assn.
THE IDLE SHIPS. ULTIMATUM TO CREWS. WELLINGTON, This Day. The shipowners decided to-day that, failing's satisfactory reply from - the watersiders, ships' crews will be paid off on Friday and the vessels laid "up. The owners also decided to severely restrict the class of cargo carried by the ferry boats. The general position remains uncharged and is not regarded as encouraging.—Press Assn.
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Northern Advocate, 2 March 1921, Page 2
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