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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 9, 4 October 1937, Page 5

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(Inr ()wp Correspondent.)

Shipping Hold-Up At Gisborne DISPUTE COSTS MONEY

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GISBORNE, Last Night. No cliange has taken place in the hold-up of shipping at Gisborne, and tbe Karepo, Mako and Margaret W. still lie at tbe wharves ajvaiting an answer to a call for labour. On Saturday morning tbe usual call for labour to work tlie three unopened hatckes of the Kurepo was made without result. No other vessel reached Gisborne over the week-end, except tlie trawler Mariua, which it is thouglit will not be aft'ected by the hold-up as it has only called in for coal for its owu consumption, being on tlie way from Tauranga to the Bluff. The Wainui, bringingj perishable produce from the South Island, is expected in port next Wednesday or Thursday, and tbe overseas liner Mahana is due on Thursday or Friday to load meat for the Home market. Already the hold-up has cost a considerablo sum of money quite di&proportionate to the sum involved in the actual dispute. As a result of the delay of the Karepo, the Mako and the Margaret W., at Gisborne, there will probbably be further effects later, especially in the case ,o£ the Karepo, which is oue of the few inter-colouial sliips wliich can berth at Gisborne. An indication of the official attiture towards the dispute may be gained from the fact that instructions have been received by the employment bureau office ab Gisborne not to pay sustenance to men involved in the holdup. Wlien tlxere is no work on the waterfront waterside workers are entitled to sustenance payments, but in respect of the present trouble, it bas gone as a direction of the Government that they should be treated as though work were available. Included in the eargo still to be unloaded from the Karepo is a consignment of 301 power-line poles, which are urgently required by the Poverty Bay Electric Power Board for countryline extensions noiv in hand. If there is further delay it is possible tliat the whole of the board's expansion plan tuay be lield-up.