LOST TIME
ON WELLINGTON WATERFRONT
"A ; SERIOUS MATTER"
. strictures recently passed by the president of the "Wellington' Chamber of • < raamerco (Mr. 31; Carr) on the closing tho slieds on tho wharves beforo 5 p.m. and their by 8 a.m. *t#re rcTcrred to at tho a'uarterl.y mcatinc of tho chamber yesterday afternoon. 9?he president said - that his attention waa' . first 'drawn to the stato of things that •ixisted by the crowded condition, of . tho tramcars (from the wharves) between 11.30 a.m. arid noon, and between 1.80 p.m. and S m ' For that and other reasons he paid a visit to the 'wharven thb early morning, at nmWlay, and ■n _the ofternoori. wlieri he 'found that oorTatn sfatamenfe' ho tTad heard were tprrect, and it wriii ai'ter he had : backed ihf.m. up_ with Ms own personal obaerva♦lori tliat' wrote_of the matter.- He liad.done so in the "interests'of the public. .Any system, in these days of caw "•one'estion and cargo queues, which permitted, the loss of an hour a day »ia «• serious matter to the community. II stich a system was the result of an •understanding with the officials of the Harbour Board it was regrettable. At all ovonts. the action lie had taken had pus,a stop to one phase of the trouble, 11' not-both. " ' "" i Mr. R. E. Sinclair.said he had been informed that Mr. Caries, statements were .not. correct. Casual labour • did sometimes leave .off at twenty minutes to 12, and twenty ininules'to 8. Thai was probably why Mr. Carr. had, (seen the nien.: -on the. tramcars."' The fact that tho "casuals" knocked, off before the hour -might, make the employees';of' the board lai, ; "but he had' been informed by. an ; official that the' sheds did open at 8 a.m. and close-at 5 p.m. ; ■ The president (referring to a. notebook) said, that thoso present could ac-' cept his:assurance, that.on Friday," November . 26, many - oftho- sheds closed between 4.45 p.m., and 4.50 p.m., and 'they.'.could likewise accept his assuranco that some of the sheds were not opened at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 1 November. 27. Captain Peterson explained that the ships'' officers had to sco'that, the men, were out of. the' holds and. the hatches were on by 12 o'cl.ock aii(l 5-'. o'clock (when there was.no overtime being forked). and.it took about .twenty minutes to .fix. the •crossbars' fore .'.arid ;iift, and place.- the hatches on. Soma of. the. men were retained for- that" work;• the others ■were not going to stay,' and thev-Went on down the wharf. Tho shipowners had a committee. at work trying ; tb • get back to pre-war conditions, but thoy had their little troubles .-sometimes. The man did not all knoejc, but. it was true that a greats-many' left the.wharves at twenty minutea : to 12 and tjventv.rninutes tO 5. "' ' - ',„ ~ ' llr. C.- HY-Young: What with twenty minutes lost four"times a.day. stop-wort-meetings,'and a little drop-of; rain nowand . again, it's a wonder-, w# get any work done at. all I ~
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 68, 14 December 1920, Page 9
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489LOST TIME Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 68, 14 December 1920, Page 9
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