SHIPS RESUME.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1921, Page 5

SHIPS RESUME.

PORTS BUSY AGAIN. TERMS NOT KNOWN YET, “NO MATERIAL CONCESSIONS." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, March 9. The settlement of the waterside dispute is another success for Mr. Massey in the role of conciliator. The Prime Minister took an important part in bringing the parties to an agreement. The exact terms of the settlement are not to be announced for some days, but it is understood that the ship-owners made no material concession. Overtime, will be worked on the wharves. B> Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The waterfront has resumed its customary appearance of,bustle and industry, work proceeding as usual. If anything more than usual expedition ia being displayed. No objection was raised by the men to working overtime to-night. Fourteen boats are working, and it is estimated about twelve hundred men were working to-day, and it is stated another five hundred could have been employed. Many watersiders were absent and did not know the trouble had ended. It is anticipated fully 1600 men will be working to-morrow. The agreement arrived at will be submitted to the unions' throughout the Dominion. ♦ ACTIVITY AT AUCKLAND.’ THE BERTHAGE FULLY TAXED. DEMAND FOR RAILWAY WAGONS. Auckland, Last Night. With the settlement® of the dispute shipping in port began to move early Uiis morning and in a .very short time the berths which had been vacated for weeks were occupied and the accommodation at the wharves was taxed to its full capacity.

At one o’clock the waterfront became really active with the reversion to normal working conditions, but there was still a ,big fleet of vessels at anchor, nd less than twelve which have been affected by the dispute being still in close company out in the harbor. At the wharves the total was 14, five having moved up from the stream. The Rarawq., which has been laid up indefinitely owing to the dispute, resumes running to New Plymouth at 1 p.m. to-morrow. > It is apparent that the railway department will be hard pressed to meet the demand for wagons in which to transport coal and merchandise, which will literally pour out of tKe big fleet of vessels in the near future. The Makura’s' sailing date for Vancouver has been put back from 10 o’clock to-morrow night until noon on Saturday. WORK AT DUNEDIN RESUMED. Dunedin, March 10. The watersidprs resumed work at 8 a.m. to-day . /