LEFT ON WHARF

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 July 1940, Page 3

LEFT ON WHARF

PART OF STEAMER’S CARGO. LOADING DISPUTE AT AUCKLAND (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 28.. Through the refusal ■ of waterside workers to continue loading operatians after 6 p.m., the Matson liner Monterey eventually sailed on Saturday with part of her cargo still on the wharf. A quantity of perishable goods was loaded by the company's staff with the assistance of Auckland Harbour Board employees between 6 and 8 o'clock. The Monterey was bound for San Francisco via Suva. The cargo left behind comprised a number of bags 'of hides and a quantity of meat casings. When they are likely to be required after 6 p.m. the shipping company has to inform the men before 10 o'clock the same morning. The wages arc then paid up to 10 p.m. whether or not the men are engaged till that time. Mr A. E. Playle. manager for the agents at Auckland, said the position was unsatisfactory in the extreme, particularly when New Zealand needed every dollar of American credit that she could get to help in the purchase of war materials.