WORKERS ON WHARVES.
INVASION DURING WAT*. UNCOMPLIMENTARY WITNESS [By TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON. Wednesday. During the war period the Wellington wharves were invaded by a classs of worker that was not kindly regarded by the old hands. A witness in the Arbitration Court yesterday was asked a question regarding the alleged " go-slow " policy on the wharves during the war. Tho reply caused the Court to smile broadly. " There was no such thing as 4 go-slow,' " said the witness. " They were all going as hard as they could. Thoso who were not physically deficient were mentally so. Before the war there wore about 1400 men in the union's books, and of these 650 went to the front. During the war there were over 3000 men working on tho boats. I do not know where they came from. Some of them wero Moscow internationals and that sort of thing."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18207, 28 September 1922, Page 6
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146WORKERS ON WHARVES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18207, 28 September 1922, Page 6
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