HANDLING OF FRUIT.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20232, 16 February 1934, Page 8

HANDLING OF FRUIT.

A few weeks ago the Waterside Workers’ Union replied in a rather aggrieved tone to a criticism allegedly levelled at them by the Canterbury Fruitgrowers’ Association’s president, Mr F. W. Sisson. Mr Sisson was reported as saying that the Lyttelton watersiders, because they would not load fruit on the day of their annual picnic, had caused quantities of fruit to be held up in Christchurch at the risk of perishing. The union secretary immediately stated through the newspapers that the Lyttelton watersiders had not yet had their picnic, and, moreover, had made arrangements to handle perishable fruit when they did hold it. “ I was misreported,” said Mr Sisson at a meeting of the Fruitgrowers’ Association last night. “It was the Wellington watersiders who would not handle the fruit on their picnic day, and I said so at the time. I did not say anything when I saw all the fuss in the papers, but now I have seen the minutes of our last meeting I know I was right. It was all a misunderstanding. I was misreported.’’