WATERSIDE WORKERS.
j POSITION AT WELLINGTON. | OPERATIONS PRACTICALLY SUS- | FENDED. I [Pim Press Association.] ■ WELLINGTON, February ». | Cnrpo operations are practically &usper,<ied in port to-day. At a quarter to eight a call was made for men to work tho John, Puuki and Breeze, which wcro loaded at, Wanganiti with free lab'our, but none of the watersidors camo forward. As a result no further labour was engaged, with the exception of ten men for tho ferry steamer Alaori The only other vessels working are the Pateena and the coastal steamer ixaitoa, which were working yesterday. Only one shng is being worked on each vessel, which is unloading fruit, and only a small hajtidfuj of men are engaged altogether. Hundreds of men are idle about the wharves.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11927, 9 February 1917, Page 6
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