HANDLING CARGO ON WHARVES

Southland Times, Issue 23178, 20 April 1937, Page 6

HANDLING CARGO ON WHARVES

GREATER SPEED ALLEGED NECESSARY (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 19. Greater speed in handling cargo on the Auckland waterfront was called for today by Mr G. C. G. Maclndoe, chairman of the Harbour Board, under the threat that Auckland and other boards may be compelled to scrap the existing system of engaging waterfront labour and appoint its own staffs for the work. “I am perfectly satisfied our New Zealand main ports, including Auckland, are the worst manned in the world so far as waterside labour is concerned,” Mr Maclndoe said. The workers loaf on their job. They are the highest paid waterside workers in the world and they do less. for. the money they are paid. That situation is not going to continue. It has reached a stage when port authorities, in Protection of their reputations, must take a definite stand, and remove from the wharves these men who will not work, and appoint their own staffs to conduct the loading and discharging of the vessels using the ports. Aucklands attitude in this matter I feel sure will be endorsed by the authorities of the southern ports.”