LABOUR IN DAIRY FACTORIES.
■ THE CITY * AGITATOR. : It was' noticeablo at the meeting of AVairarapa Dairy .Company delegates at Carterton on Saturday that those present accepted in a very good spirit'the position forced upon them by the Wellington Butter and Cheese Workers'. Union.. Regret was expressed, however, that',tho country districts should, in a very great measure, bo at'the mercy of tho city agitator, whose main troublo was to find a case or. a breach or somothing which would lead to industrial, trouble. Tho name of one Labour leader was mentioned with something like awo by one or two of the members, and! it was generally considered that there would bo causo for satisfaction if ho was never allowed to pass over tho Rimutakas. One farmer asked gravely if tho Minister for Labour could not be prevailed upon to pass a law debarring all city agitators from country districts. Other delegates saved tho situation by pointing tint that this was - a freq It was decided, how over '(whites".our AVairarapa correspondent), l that the' Minister bo interviewed on' tho subject, and tho whole position explained to him
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 2
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185LABOUR IN DAIRY FACTORIES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 2
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