THE SHIPPING SUSPENSION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15365, 9 November 1920, Page 2

THE SHIPPING SUSPENSION.

"T&e ItiF^ble which has arise'ri. •Wn/the wat^rfjporit; at Gisbbi-nV'Sffor;^^^ orjfe^f iirtheiS; illustration { the attitudja. 'assumed ' by Sr certain section of labrjjr towards the public *wel\-being and .-- the .cost" of hying.. Indays prie ;by- vessels of the Fayrburn class have come and gone^ 'dis.charging and, loading cargoes with 'their own crews, sometimes vwith a little 'extraneous assistance,, and nobody has been hurt nor has^ the public interest suffered. Hitherto - I jie '•■ cairibss^e'ceivip.'r cargo from such vessels 'h,W-:_aken a hand in adjusting, the; load-on- thoir> vehicles.' But now it is decse.'.d bv some nabob or other,,. that, thW; farriers must stand at .then: holes': .fye^T l^ ' somewhere in proximity, : but" must • -not ' venture, to touch the WgoSfrith .v&ich the -carts are/being. loaded-. •"• Pfrobablr the next move will #,' that 'they wU / require to take a waterside.- i?r than .7 with ■ them to ■effeet'.;Moadiag- ; at-'--th_-- ' cargo s destination. _he~%iain7p oint0 int \t . ■"■• lssde s^eems to be that there should be - \ fouivinen employed oh the', wharf to handle the Wings from ''.he -Fairburn, as t well as f^ur men ™ the hold, 'bhe man on the bull rope and, of- .course: t the carter— ten men, all earning high 'rates of -wages, to effect d/sefia^ Jronv a small coasting craft; direct into <&&_» af the vessel's , sidei Y»lt- is v easily understood, if this be Conceded, vlhtfw the prices of !• commodities must go up The' employers, whilst holdmg r : that* sa mariy men are not ne,cessary,'liave 'intimated that they are ' prepared to ref fertile matter, as provided for vin the award, to the local disputes committieb, but stipulate- that before that-v^ ;ddne ,th_ men must, as was la jd' down in the recent waterside dispute at .Wellington; '« < and, Ve would: add, as a bfcoamonsense, fair-play "♦ and : condliafeter spirit, resume the discharge* of^t„ i 've_. - "•V- TJre men have^^| T^ : „ the Fairburn, and a'sY a coriseahbnM '-. operations have been 1 su^endtfd-^F^ * other vessels in po^unMLtho.- matter , is settled, y Gisborne .until has-hemx tolerably free fronr^ . shinning troubW «xcept tbose;fm^«^tsUTS harbor was sponsible,, an.?' if.s hipglnnf<_ tun-ate'- tKat the Ilarifionv.- hE? n • employers^ and, employed r sh6»i-Lx'n_ J^ehYby, au-issnj) :*wbic*li: : ,'< the men -on reflection |wilV l s*^; Mfc '7 ' enable of adiusime^if^^/S7 -,< cihatpi^ manner and; jn accc^^^ '

principles laid down in the levm* of "their award. In suspending work on the V' air burn and not ichir^ upon the Dispute .••- Committee to give them :i fair ,i,'.ci*bn, th. wc.terr.Merr> r.ro not rn -iking eau;*o again:** the shipping companies .^ :i.i.ch as against the pi*Ui -■:, _ :r,ciudir._: iiianv working people, who will assuredly .be the sufferers ii any prolonged suspension takes place., And the public, We would tell them, is petting very tired of- hold-ups on. the ' waterfront. They pee no reason why. work there should not go along just as smoothly and efficiently as in any other avenue of employment. The men iri this # industry earn high wages for comparatively unskilled labor- ahd these wages, by virtue of the service on which tbe_ men. are _ engaged, come out of the pockets of the whole community. It is the community which is "hit up" every time that the cost of working vessels is increased. It is fortunate that Mr. Halley, the Concilisy tion Commissioner, is in (iisborne at the present juncture, and we trust his ■ influence will avail' to bring an ending to a most unfortunate occurrence.