AUCKLAND FACED WITH NO SUNDAY MILK

Chronicle (Levin), 7 March 1947, Page 7

AUCKLAND FACED WITH NO SUNDAY MILK

AUCKLAND, .Mnr. (!. Although meetings weri! held by botli einployers and the exeeutive of Ihe Auckland .Milk Koiuulsmen 's L'nious this afternoon, no step was taken to en sure tliat milk is delivered in tho e.ity as usual ne.\t .Sunday iuorning. Tln roundsineii ure adheting lii'iuly to Hioi deci.sion not to deliver 011 Sunday unles tliey reeeived double pay and the em ployers have deelined to eonsider tio elaini as it lias been made by tln vorkers without any indieation that . liad ihe otfieial sanetion of tlie union. In a statement made after a nioetiii. of einployers, 'M r. Auderson, secrelary of the KnipJoyerK ' Association, said tln milk vendors considered tho report J the roundsmen's claims published in th press but tliev liad reeeived no officia adv iee froin the union regarding an.\ elaiin. "The einployers point out tha there is an award in foree whicli does not e.xpire until Julv 211 of this year and tliey eonsequently expected otticials of the union to eooperate with theni in earrving out the terins of the award duriug its curreney, " lie said. The seeretary of the Roundsmen's Union, Mr. L. i). Robertson, said a meeting of' the exeeutive which lasted for an hour and a-half, liad been held but he liad not beeh empowered to mahe a statement. As far as the men wero coneernetl the situation was the saine as it was the previous day.In the case of at least one treating house two roundsmen have volunteered to deliver millr on Sundays to hospitals and similar institutions. The chairman of the Auckland Met.ropolitan Milk Board, Mr. A. S,

Bailey, said the board was ilot a part\ to the dispute but it was eoneerneo about maintaining the supplv of inii partieularly to households where ehihl ren required it daily. The quantitv o. niillc coming into the citv eould not In inereased so that extra deliverie>niight be made on Saturday. Mr. Baile;. said wholesale delivcries were not a present elfected by the dispute an after discussions with the board, tln companies had decided to make ar rangements for extra deliveries to niilt shops and dairies. He asked that in the event of a stoppage of retail de liveries on Sunday, dairies would ex tend their facilities to the public to the .fullest extent, s