WANGANUI WHARF RATES.
WAi\GANUI, Last Night.
For many years thexßaiLway Department" has worked on the local wharves, charging the Harbour Board at the rate of sevenpence per ton. The Government recently granted an increase in wages to the wharf hands," and . .asked the' Harbour, Board! to an extra . tw6- '• pence^jj^ton;-. to■<; ; thev ; Department. The Harbour Board entered a;pro.test, artd - as a sequel ; to f corresppudeiice;; ; emending, over Several months, the Board* taught decided to take ovef'the working of■•■'?' the Department persists in its refusal to carry out the original agreement, ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10191, 17 March 1911, Page 5
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90WANGANUI WHARF RATES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10191, 17 March 1911, Page 5
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