WORKERS SCORE ANOTHER WIN
WELLINGTON, June 26. At the request of the Minister of Labour, Mr. McLagan, a disputes committee sat today and dispo^ed of the dispute which has delayed for three weeks the sailing of tlie Union Coin pany 's intercolonial vessel Wairata for the Pacific Islands and Canada. The Wairata was to. have sailed from Wellington on June 7 but when a dispute over a demand for an additional messuian could not be settled, tlie stiip was taken out of commission. No agreement between the men and em ployers could be reached but today the matter was referred to a disputes eomrnittee under the chairmanship of Mr. S. Ritchie, Conciliation Commissioner, who linally ruled that a crew orderly should be signed on to look after tht messroom for the crew. Now that the. dispute has been disposecl of, the company will sign on its crew again tomorrow. It is expected the Wairata will sail -on Saturday for Vancouver via Auckland and Tahiti. She is t'o load general cargo and animals for Papeete.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 June 1947, Page 5
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