THE WATERSIDERS' "SEVEN DAYS"

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 305, 20 September 1919, Page 7

THE WATERSIDERS' "SEVEN DAYS"

Sir,—The Manuka.arrived from Sydney last Friday (September 12), ami tho following paragraph was published:—"Following the usual procedure with vessels from Australia, Ihe Wellington waterside, workers will not dischargo the Manuka's cargo before Monday next (lsthV This attitude, I understand, is taken by the watersidn workers so as to minimise tho possibility of again introducing tho influenza germ to this city. Perhaps it ifl a, commendable attitude. But will the Watersido Workers' Union officials kindly explai;; how tho sccnerv and elfecls for a thcatiical company ciiind to bu removed from (he Manuka on Iho day of her arrivfll? [f this cargo were removed by other than regular waterHide .-workers, then what action does the union intend taking to prevent any further In-each of its quarantine rule? And, if tho union in. this case allows cargo io bo removed by another class of worker before the expiry of its "seven-duys'-from-Auslrnlia" ukase, why not allow it-to be done in all oases, whether it be the properly of a big theatrical compandor muoli-uceded goods wanted by tradesmen? Surely the union is mil; losing its punch! Why has it not "black-listed." tho Manuka and refused to handle the remainder of her cargo, because some pf it was; landed iu defiance of its oft-repeated declaration that) the workers and tho city must, be safeguarded froni infection from Australia. There should be another "stop-work" meeting about this, and the officials of the union should be.-rebukecl for thoir remissness. Anyhow, why did the wharf workers allow that scenery to-be landed? Why? and again, why?—l am,, etc. 'W.W.B. September 15.