DISPUTE AT NAPIER

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 274, 9 February 1928, Page 17

DISPUTE AT NAPIER

WATERSIDERS STOP WORK WOOL LEFT BEHIND Press Association. NAPIER, Wednesday. The trouble on the Napier waterfront culminated this morning in a stop-work meeting, at which the watersiders decided that all work must cease until the employers agree to the men’s terms. The dispute started with the men who were unloading coal from the Kaitangata on Sunday, but it appeared to have been overcome when work was resumed on Monday. However, from the Kaintangata the trouble was transferred to the Northumberland, which was loading wool in the roadstead. The men engaged on one of the lightering barges were told that they would not be required the following day, as other plant was going to be employed for the work. Yesterday morning the men reported once more for duty, as they wished to be reinstated, but the employers declined to go back on their decision of the previous night. Accordingly the stop-work meeting was held this morning, which was responsible for the trouble embracing the Kaitangata again. It was decided to hold up all work until the men were reinstated on the barge. * It is stated that the employers have determined to maintain their attitude originally taken. Rather than have the Northumberland held up indefinitely the agents decided this afternoon to send her to her next port, Wellington, and she sailed this evening, leaving behind about *2,500 bales of wool.