MAUI POMARE ARRIVES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 106, 1 November 1933, Page 12

MAUI POMARE ARRIVES

DISPUTE AT LYTTELTON

The Government motor-ship Maul Pomare arrived at Wellington this morning from Lyttelton. ' She arrived at the southern port on Monday, with a cargo of bananas and general fruit from the Islands/ but ,-;.' was held up owing to a dispute be- :.". tween th« waterside workers engaged r in discharging operations and the employers. The men were engaged at ■■"*■ 9.45 aTm., but ceased work shortly >••> after, demanding that they should be ■ ,--. paid as from 8. a.m. Work was resumed at 11 o'clock,,;but jthe, Lyttelton poi;--; tion of the cargo could? not1 "be shiftba * in time to allow the vessel to leave on Monday ,aB originally'scheduled. The Maui Pomare left Apia on. 6c« \ tober 19 and Niuo on October 21, experiencing some delay 'on her trip to Lyttelton on account of ? strorig'head . winds and occasional heavy seas. Shebrought about 9000 cases of. bananas, 7000 of which were loaded at Apia and the remainder at Niue Island. The Wellington portion of the consignment consisted of about 3000.. cases of -. bananas. The ship also.brought half ■-: a ton of new potatoes, fortyrtwo casea .-,,, of pineapples, and six tons of coco* .-.^, beans. ■ .-, • . , ,-,- The vessel had on board the follow« ■~ ing passengers for Wellington:—Mr. H. W. Simminds, Mr. W. G. Lawrie, Cus« toms Officer from Samoa; Mr. J. Tav- -."■■; erner, Lieut. T. E. Wyman, from tho '~.', Administration Office at Samoa; Mr. and Mrs. G. Evans,' Mrs. M; E. E. Mcd- " ford, of Wellingon; Miss M. I. Larnbie, Director of Nursing at Wellington, who has been visiting and inspecting hospitals of the Islands; Mr. M. M. . Ifunio, Mrs. E. Adams, Mr. Marcus ! Green, and Mr. J. Ball.