WATERSIDE DISPUTE
WORK ON KAIMIRO SUSPENDED EXTRA PENNY FOR COAL DEMANDED cFeb United Press Association" GISBORNE, November 21. Owing to a dispute regarding rates of pay, the work of unloading the Kaimiro, which arrived yesterday from Newcastle, was suspended. Her general cargo was handled yesterday, but to-day the wharf men refused to resume unless paid an extra penny an hour for handling coal, as allowed to winchmen an<* others working on the ship. A stop-work meeting is proceeding, with hopes of a settlement, but in any case the departure of the vessel will be delayed from Monday to Tuesday.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23045, 23 November 1936, Page 11
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