THE SITUATION AT NAPIER.
(Per Press Association .^ NAPIER, this day. The waterside situation e.t Napier is still unsettled. 'The Mayor^ Mr Vigor Brown,, called-a n*teeting.of both parties. The - watersiderg attended bu.t the employers refused to 'Confer with the men. The 1 watersiders have decided to take the Municipal . Theatric to-morrow night to place their case'.beforSUhe public' There was plenty of- free labor at the port to-day, iliefe being fully -20 men in excess of' requirements. .'.NJo -less than eight lighters were lqadirig',; 'arid,? .the coastal steamer Ruru discharging- • Most of the carrying , is being done by the employers or clerks, ihe loading and unloading, being done by mercantile clerks and 'settlers from the country. Thei Ripple arrived from Gisborne but proceeded to • Wellington. A large . wool attore at the ' port discharged its' wool Workers on Saturday.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14221, 12 February 1917, Page 4
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136THE SITUATION AT NAPIER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14221, 12 February 1917, Page 4
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