WATERSIDERS STOP WORK

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1928, Page 9

WATERSIDERS STOP WORK

TROUBLE AT NAPIER PORT MEN REFUSE TO TAKE NOTICE A LINER LEAVES HARBOUR By Telegraph.—Press •Association. Napier, Last Night. Trouble on the Napier waterfront culminated this morning in a stop-work meeting which decided that all work must cease until the employers agree to the men’s terms. The trouble started with men unloading coal from the Kaitangata on Sunday, but it appeared to have been overcome when work was resumed on Monday. However, from the Kaitangata the scene shifted to the Northumberland, which was loading wool in the roadstead. The men engaged on one of the lighters were told they would not be required the following day, as other plant was going to be employed for the work. Yesterday morning the men reported once more for duty, having refused to take notice. The men wanted to be reinstated, but the employers declined to go back on the previous night’s decision. A stop-work meeting was held this morning which was responsible for the trouble embracing the Kaitangata again, the men deciding to hold up all work until the men were reinstated on the barge. It is stated that the employers are determined to maintain the attitude originally taken. Rather than have the Northumberland held up indefinitely, the agents decided this afternoon to send her to the next port (Wellington), and she sailed this evening, leaving behind some 2500 bales of wool.