STOP-WORK MEETINGS.
WATERSIDERS’ SAFETY VALVE. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, Oct. 18. The Arbitration Court resumed the hearing of the watersiders’ claim for a Dominion award. The evidence this morning was largely as to the unloading of lime, cement, guano and other unpleasant cargoes. Witnesses stated that guano was often in perished bags, so that the guano'fell from the slings on the men, who preferred to discharge it in hulk. Others stated that cargo in bags was usually unpleasant and dusty to work. Oscar M. Brine, president of the Auckland Union, stated that no complaints had been made about stop-work meetings. These were the best safety valves in wharf work, members then knowing that the work was not run by a clique. The hearing was adiourned till Tuesday.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 October 1924, Page 5
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128STOP-WORK MEETINGS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 October 1924, Page 5
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