WATERSIDERS DENY RUMOUR
— Press Association
By Telegraph
WELLINGTON, April 1. A rnmour, that the waterside workers intend to declare "black" the work oi discliarging coal shipments from the United States as a gesture of sympathy with the sti'iking Waikato mhiers wa> shar.ply denied todav by the natioual secretary of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union (Mr. T. Hill) and the secretary of the Wellington braneh of the union (Mr. E. A. Napier). Mr. Hill said he had heard nothingl of snch g. suggostioTi, which he coTisidfir-l
ed ludicrous. The rumour was witlioul the slightest foundation. Mr. apier said that sucli a suggcs tion had not been discussed by the union, and the miners had ^not cequestod any action-.of the kind. Ihe issue simply did not iirise.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 April 1947, Page 7
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