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THE WATERFRONT

CONCILIATION COUNCIL ADJOURNS AT REQUEST OF UNION WANGANUI BOATS WORKED DIFFICULTY ABOUT VICTORIA No very great change in the situation on the. waterfront occurred yesterday, in the morning the union held a meeting, at which the decision was made to work the Wanganui steamers previously held up. At the afternoon call tor labour .these .boats were put up and gangs were engaged for all of them, these gangs subsequently went to work. Alter the Wanganui steamers were supplied with men, the Victoria was •? nex * shlp for ,vhich labour lv <is invited. Ao men came forward, and no other labour was engaged for other slnps, although there was work for several hundred men. It was thought tnat when tho men accepted engagement on tho Wanganui boats the trouble was over, and the refusal of tho union to work the Victoria is not so .easy to understand as was their objection to handle the Wanganui cargo, the Victoria was not worked at any ?<m T'T. , labour ' but sho was 'isted black by the Napier union on account of what happened on her last call there The Victoria came down the coast from Auckland to Napier, and as she had Napier cargo to discharge, the. company's agents at Napier engaged labour as soon as the ship was sighted, about 9 a.m. There was industrial trouble at the front then, but the men engaged were union men, and they wore engagedunder the conditions prescribed in the industrial agreement now in force At Napier there is an Employers Committee affiliated to the committee at Wellington, and tho committee represented, to-the company that the committee's position in regard to other | boats then held up would be very much weakened if men were allowed to work the J ictoria as usual. The owners de°f iV , p l ace the caso in t,,e Ilan ds or the local committee, and in consequence of the committee's decision brought the ship on to Wellington without discharging Napier cargo. The men engaged were paid the usual award allowance m consideration of liavinobeen engaged and discharged again without any work. Another ship worked at the'wharf yesterday was the Antarctic ship Aurora. The Marino Department communicated direct with the Waterside workers' Union asking for labour for this ship, and the men were eii"a<*ed yesterday morning. The only significance of the incident is in 'that the Department ignored absolutely the employers organisation for the engagement of labour on ships. AH labour tor ships is engaged through the Wellington Waterside Labour Employment Association, and through tho office of this association men are paid for work done. Under any circumstances there would probably have been no difficulty about getting men for the Aurora. The sitting of the Conciliation Council to consider tho dispute created by the application on behalf of the employers for a renewal of the existing agreement should have been held yes" terday morning. Tho employers' representatives arrived at the appointed hour, and about the same timo the commissioner (Mr. AV. 11. Hao-gcr) was communicated with by tolephono by the secretary of the Wellington Waterside Workers Union. The union asked Mr Hagger for an adjournment until the afternoon, by which time representatives of the union would be able to attend. This arrangement was not convenient to the employers' assessors, and a postponement until this morning was arranged. It seems probable now that the union will be represented on the Conciliation Council, but it is not considered at all probable that aiiy*. settlement will he reached- by the council at to-day's meeting. If the conciliation proceedings end in an agreement, it is not at all likely that this agreement will be-reached without another adjournment.

There is no news as to when the Government proposes to take over control of the wharves. It is now suggested that decision on this point will ho de'ayed pending the result of the conciliation proceedings. This must mean loss of more time, for there will he further delays after the Government comes to its decision. Assuming that a controller has been selected, there is still a frazette notice to he prepared and published, and there are other arrangements to he made.

NO SETTLEMENT AT NAPIER PLENTY OF TREE LABOUR. -By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, February 12. The waterside situation at Napier is still unsettled. The Mayor (Mr.. J. Vigor Brown, M.P.I called a meeting of both parties. The, watorsiders attended, hut the employers refused to conTer with the men. The watorsiders have decided to take the Municipal Theatre to T morrow night, and place their ease before the public. There was plenty of free labour at the port to-day, there being fully 20 men in excess of requirements. No less than eight lighters were loading, and the costal steamer Ruru was discharging, most of the carrying bcino; done by the employers or clerks, the loading am] nnlnadinc being done by mercantile clerks and settlers from the country. The Rinple arrived yesterdnv from Gisborno, but proceeded to Wellington. .4 |n'-gp wool store at the port discharged their wool-workers on Saturday.

RETURNED SOLDIERS MAY HELP OFFER BY ASSOCIATION'S' PP. ESTDENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Cisborne, February 19. .Captain Pitt, president of the Returned Soldiers' Association, has telegraphed to the Acting-Prime Minister: "In the event of the Government (incline it necessary to take control of the waterfront, I desire to offer the services of the RoturiKHl Soldiers' -As«ociii(i"ii in order to help mai"tain th" snpph'ns in the hovs at th" Front, n>i-1 aid the Motherland in the present ireafc crisis." The offer is made subject to the approval of the Executive, who. Contain T'itt feels confident, will endorse his action.

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3002, 13 February 1917, Page 6

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THE WATERFRONT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3002, 13 February 1917, Page 6

THE WATERFRONT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3002, 13 February 1917, Page 6

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