DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 March 1922, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS.

QUESTION OF DIRTY CARGO. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, March 1. The waterside workers at Lyttelton, who refused to work the Errol’s cargo of bulk sulphur, on the ground tliat it was dirty cargo, unless paid increased rates, resumed work this morning on the understanding that the dispute will be referred to the national disputes committee for decision. JAPANESE TRAINING SHIP. Auckland. March 1. The shipping arrivals include the Japanese training ship Taisei Maru, which is claimed by her owners to be the finest and most up-to-date craft yet built for the sole training of officers for the mercantile marine. MEAT EXPORT BOARD LEVY. Wellington, March 1. The Minister of Agriculture states that one of the first actions of the Aleat Export Board will be to make recommendations as to a levy on all meat exported from New Zealand. It is unlikely t'he maximum charges will be collected from the beginning and the Minister expects that the charges to be actually collected during the balance of the season will be at the rate of a penny per earcase of mutton and lamb and a half-penny per quarter of beef, and that they will become operative as from the date of the gazetting of the Order-in -Council.