CARGO ON WHARF

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21177, 29 July 1940, Page 2

CARGO ON WHARF

LINER MONTEREY . j : REFUSAL BY WATERSIDERS ’ i (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Monday [ Waterside workers refused to conl tinue loading the Matson liner Mon- . terey after 6 p.m. on Saturday and . the vessel sailed at 8.45 p.m. with ! part of her cargo still on the wharf. ' • A quantity of perishable goods was ! > loaded by the company’s staff, with i i the assistance of Auckland Harbour j 5 Board employees, between six and j i eight o’clock. The Monterey was bound for San Francisco, via Suva. i The cargo left behind consisted of a - number of bags of hides and a i quantity of meat casings. r It was not expected by the com--7 pany that loading would not be comi pleted by six o’clock. When this is 3 expected the shipping company is - required to inform the men before - 10 a.m. on the same day, and wages t are then paid up to 10 p.m., whether / or not the men work until that time, r Mr A. E. Playle, manager for the i agents at Auckland, said yesterday t that the position was unsatisfactory a in the extreme, particularly when New Zealand needed every dollar of a American credit she could get to help -in the purchase of war materials, r