THE SQUABBLE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1565, 8 October 1912, Page 4

THE SQUABBLE.

DISCHARGE OF SUGAR BOAT. (By Telogroph.—Prcan Aneocl&tlon.l Auckland, October 7. The work of unloading tho steamer Kurow, sugar laden from Fiji, at Chelsea Wharf, was hung up for some timo this morning through the wnlor.Mders refusing to proceed with the work of discharge. The incident had its origin in n little difficulty which cropped up on Sunday night week. When the Mahcno arrived from Sydney it appears that six or seven gangs of watersiders were engaged in the union's shed to work the steamer's cargo, but some of >tJto men did not put in an appearance, and, accordingly, two members of tho union, who wont direct to the ship, were engaged by a Union Company's official.

The union thereupon took umbrage to nn action whereby the men had not been engaged with other men in a proper plncc, and, at a meeting, it was decided tofino them tho amount which they had earned for working the Maheno's cargo. This was slated to be something liko 30s. Tho men refused to pay this, contending that they wcro perfectly justified in. accepting employment, as the agreomont provided that, ."where, men dirt not turn up, their places could be filled with other watersiders. This morning several gangs wore engaged to work the Kurow, and, among the men who went over in tho harbour steamer to Chelsea, where the Kurow is lying, were tho two men who had refused to pay their fines. When the steamer arrived at the whan the other men refused to go over to the sugar steamer, alleging that the two watersiders who had not paid their fines were "unfinancinl," and wero not therefore members of the union. All the men came back on'the same steamer, and the shipping officials had nothing else to do but to substitute two other members of the union in place of the men who had been objected to. Tho men then went across tho harbour again, and work was proceeded with.