SCRAP METAL

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 72, 27 March 1933, Page 8

SCRAP METAL

LOADING OF JAPANESE SHIP

BRIEF LABOUR TROUBLE

Because the waterside workers considered there^were not enough men employed in the holds, the work of loading scrap metal on the Japanese 1 steamer Ryoka Maru at the Glasgow Wharf was held up for about an hour this morning. The Waterside Workers' Union always places four men in each hold, but in this case there wa3 only one member of the union and one of the employers' permanent staff in each hold. The waterside workers overcame the difficulty by offering to work all cargo from the deck, so the metal was lifted from the wharf to the deck, and pushed from there into the hold. No men were left in the holds.

The Eyoka Maru has been on the New Zealand coast for some weeks loading metal for Japan. She started in Auckland, and went from there to Port Chambers and Lyttelton. Wellington is her final "port, and slie will sail tomorrow for Tawata. The Eyoka Maru loaded about 2400 tons of scrap metal at each of the three other ports, and about 600 tons will bo loaded at Wellington. The metal from the other ports is of all descriptions.' For instance, the Eyoka Maru took from Auckland the remains of theold paddle steamer Wakatere, and several guns on carriages. The Wellington cargo comprises metal sold by the Government.

The Shinnoh Maru loaded at Auckland and Wellington in* December, and took 6595 tons of scrap metal to Japan. The local agents of the Japanese ships (Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co.) state that another Japanese ship should load scrap metal in New Zealand in about a month's time, but at present the name of the vessel is not known,