TAUMARUNUI VENDORS REGRET STRIKE ACTION
: . NEW PLYMOUTH, Mhreh' 4. ■ : i' Milk vendors » at Taumarunui have ilissociated thcmselves .with the strikepr.oposats : 'dccided "6\i ■ by 'th*e Wdlkato Milk Vendors' Association with which they are ahilia-ted. Although- dissati3licd with the return gained from the delivery of milk at the authorised prices, Taumarunui vpndofs are cbnsidering Ihe needs of women* ancf children and ,will continue deliveries in the meantime. i ' We are nof in favour of a' strike. Children muSt liave theif milk and ve cannot hold thehi responsible for the pig-headedness of others/' s'aid a' spokesman for four milk vendors of the district today. At the same timo, he added, vendors here are by no means happy with the current prices allowed them. ' 1 We have requested a rise in our prices and sent copies of our costs to the milk Marketing Division of the Marketing Department. " He added: "We preferred a direct approach to the department rather than a strike and we will take no direct action until we hear the department 's deeision. If a rise is refused, liowever, Ave will just have to do something. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1948, Page 3
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