A SUGGESTION.
TO THB IWTOa.OF "THB PERBS." Sir, —There appears to be little doubt that in" tbo present etato of norTous tension, it will bo necessary—Jiaving oiice put them thore—-to keep a large number of "'foot specials", ?n Lyttolton for, at any rate, a week oir ttvo. - Lifctlo beyond their presence is likely to be required of them, as the lumpers are not likely to start a fight in which they must be worsted, and the lusty young "specials" will find time heavy on their hands. Might not, say, a hundred of them well be employed in doing the • necessary work on the wharves instead of palling in outsiders to displace the misfcuided men who are at present on strike? .'\ '■ , It seems to mc that there is much to be said in favour of it. To begin with, they could earn 15s to 20s a^" a . v ' while having the country 10s. They might join the Arbitration Union, but at the same time signify that they would leave the job again as soon as the old hards come to their senses. This- -would bo much better than permanently displacing the -.latter, and would perhaps help to heal the breach between employers and employed. .There is no point beyond that of noeessitv in •driving the good old hone's ottt of'the job they know to find another they don't know, and at the same time bringing valuable country workers in to Port to lenrn new trade. To drnro the o!d Port hands into tn© country is only breeding trouble,' and the stJPcial oonstablee j would be no less useful in keening the I peace because they were on the wharves, and probably many of them would much orefer it to patrolling empty streets-Tours, jjgj^^
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14834, 27 November 1913, Page 9
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292A SUGGESTION. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14834, 27 November 1913, Page 9
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