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Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 592, 3 January 1916, Page 11

An almost overwhelming smell in the bunker hutch of a steamer at present at Wellington caused a gang of half a dozen watersiders to cease work on Thursday (says the "New Zealand Times"]. The majority refused to resume work at any price, but on Friday afternoon a gang of men took up the work at tid an hour added to the standard pay. The coal is being moved from the vessel's bunker hatch into a hulk alongside. The coal is unusually dusty, adding to the unpleasantness of the job. The men who ceased work gave the regulation two hours' notice to their employers, in accordance with their agreement. The cause of the smell is not quite apparent, but, as the vessel's tanks and bilges are being

cleaned out, the contents may hav something to do with it.