WHARF LABORERS', RESOLUTIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 27 July 1907, Page 2

WHARF LABORERS', RESOLUTIONS.

DEPUTATION TO THE MINISTER. Per Press Association. Wellington, July 26. A deputation from the Waterside Workers waited on the Minister for Marine on Thursday night. Mr D. McLaren, ihe chief spokesman, said trie confe-cice represented four thousand men employed on' the wharves of the colony, and desired to place before the Minister the resolutions arived at by the Conference. These resolutions include recommen.la tions to the Government to pass legislation limiting' the size of coal baskets and grain sacks;' urging the appointment of Government officers to report on all cases of accidents at wharves; payment on behalf of men of full medical fees In caßes of accident; the provision of proper waiting and retiring rooms, with baths, for men working on the wharves; remission of the duty on flour and potaitoes; the introduction of a Fair Rent Bill; representation of the wharf workers on the Harbor Boards; amendment of the Arbitration Act to make the Railway Department a party to awards in respent M who-f laborers; the provision of a statutory Saturday half-holiday; the exclusion of Asiatics; compulsion for 1 arbor boards to supply requisites for first aid on wharves; the nationalisation of food supplies; and compulsory insurance of laborers. The Minister promised fo do the best he could to have the size of coal baskets regulates, and he would endeavor to have 2001bs fixed as the weight of wheat sackß. He would give instructions to have gear used in coal handling Inspected every three months. It wan the duty of every harbor board to provide first-aid requisites, lavatories, etc. As to the flour and petalo duties, those were matters for the Cabinet to docide. As to a White New Zealand, he thought the educational test "vould provn suflicient to prevent any great number of Chinese coming into this country.