WATERFRONT LABOR.
FUTURE PROSPECTS DISCUSSED. PERMANENT BASIS SOUGHT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Mr. J. G. Harkness was to-night reelected chairman of the Harbor Board. He said the year they liad passed through had been one of exceeding difficulty and trial. For the coming year the prospects were that their difficulties would be increased, and that the hoard would have to contend with the same factors ae last year. It was not only going to be a difficult, but a trying year. While they had ideals as to what they would like to see accomplished, and works they would like carried out, there would be need for considerable patience on their part, and they must at the same time exercise judgment which would enable them to do what they believed to be right. Referring to the wate side labor problem, Mr. Harkness thought that during the coming year it Would be encumbent on them also, in conjunction with other employers of labor on the waterfront, to bring about some settlement —not a temporary one, but one of a permanent nature. Regarding waterside labor, he was hopeful that if only the Harbo.* Board and all other employers of waterside workers were sincere in their desire to make things better there was no reason why an amicable arrangement overcoming all difficulties could not be come to. Members said they realised the magnitude of the work before them. They said it was necessary to call very largely upon the human element to arrive at a satisfactory arrangement in connection with its staff and with labor on the waterfront generally.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1921, Page 5
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267WATERFRONT LABOR. Taranaki Daily News, 12 May 1921, Page 5
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