THE FERRY SERVICE.
THE WAHINE SAILS AGAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. After a hold-up for several days the Wahine sailed to-night for Lyttelton with over six hundred passengers on board. Dunedin, March 28. Referring to the Wahine trouble, Mr. Aiken, general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, replying to the criticism that the company had made no public statement on the matter, said: "We felt, after full inquiry, that the settlement of the trouble would not be assisted by making in the newspapers, since that would probably lead to the raking up of alleged grievances, thus making a lot Out of charges which wer« dropped By the men when they were asked by our representatives to discuss them. Oui correspondence on the subject sets forth in detail the steps we took to inquire .into the men’s complaints and to get the men to discuss the The suggestion that we have nothing to say in self-defence is quite (incorrect, but we do not see that any good purpo.% would be served by making a detailed statement. Our reticence is prompted by the desire to conserve the interests of the public.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1921, Page 5
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192THE FERRY SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, 24 March 1921, Page 5
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