THE “BLACK” SHIP
MEN WELLING TO UNLOAD DRUGS. In reference to the statement in Parliament, reported in yesterday s “Timee,” in regard to the ship held up at the port, Mr J. G. Bruce, secretary of the Waterside Workers’ Union, states that this was the first intimation that drugs were aboard or were urgently required. He considers it a strange thing, if the drugs were urgently required, that the men did not know of this till the question was asked in Parliament. . . The executive of the union is willing to give the Government and the shipping company any assistance to get the cases of drugs out of the ship, on the following conditions: —That a special insurance is provided for the men who get the oases out. in the event of them being injured by bombs or other explosives. The executive has no wish but to facilitate the. dispatch of the drugs to their destination and are willing to do their best io unload them, provided nil proper steps arc taken to ensure the men against possible danger in handling the cargo.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9790, 13 October 1917, Page 7
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182THE “BLACK” SHIP New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9790, 13 October 1917, Page 7
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