UNJUSTIFIED HOLD-UP

Chronicle (Levin), 17 November 1949, Page 5

UNJUSTIFIED HOLD-UP

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Mr. Holland Speaks About BreadOisputc

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AUCKLAND, Nov. 17. "The present dispute and hold up in the supply of Ihread to the people of Auckland- is ;str-iking proof thm the. fJhsting pgehjnory for ^e^hhg With i.hdustrial trouble |s imsOtisfAOiiOry", ond iuadeqqo^'" said the ' Leaderr of the ffa"t|onal Party, MA "S.; G." Holland, -in a - statement today when passing t'hraugh jDanugyirke, . " "^h^itever- may • be the, .par-ti-* pular cijcuihhtaiices iti OopRec.tiou WWh* the , present. dispute^. "there caq be" no-'justificatid^* whatevei? for helding » u^- the supply qf food -for the people just because . Qf some dispute betwee|i ,in, etmffpy^r staff," said, Mr. Holland. " 'It is always >^hie'''..thnoeehi /pulaflc that suffers. - "Under the National Party's in-= dustr-ial policy a, compulsory conr ference of the parties to the dis? pute would have been under way immediately and it should not t'ake more than a matter of hours to decide whether' the 'driver Should b-e employed or not, and the great inconvenience to the public could and should be avoid-r ed. To strike without a secret ballot is a grave offence against the public ahd I aon sure the public would weleome fir-m aetion to avoid t'his unwarranted interference in the normal supply of essential foodstuffs." Following a dispute involving bakers and drivers. at Walter Buchanan Ltd.'s bakery in Eden Terrace yesterday, the bakery closed down and. a serious shortage of bread will be experienced in the city today, said a Press As*sociation message from Auckland. \ The men refused to work unless i an employee who was dismissed was reinstated. Negotiations began in the early hours of yesterday morning and continued until late in the afternoon, but all attempts at settlement failed.