EMPLOYERS' DEFENCE FUND.
; Sir,—For somo'tirife'"biir''/uni6ri'(Manawatu Flaxrailla-- Employees),;has been looking- for ' definite: figures... as ,to -tho ;.oorreot','appprtioniug of the' margin, between'-present-dayY p'rioes' for. hemp and .ihoso ruling r somp;'eigh;t:{6r; ten /iyearsYago", YaridYitYappears', ;ffor4 ; 'YMr:' Shirtpliffe;s,; : r'em'arks-,;.ririder. -this head,Yth'at we .have/at,last/secured ari authority.■rip'p'ri thfti-matter...', ItYwillYbe '.'a:-'s'oiiroe" : of{ niuoh Batisfrtctibn;to .us-if, this gentleman ..will e.\v plairi/inYyoiir columns how it is'ihat milling will not.pay -,to,.finance {with/flax at.£2l in Wellington.,, In -his, : eviderico' before the" recent Lahou'r-Bills Committee,: Mr. Greig, the' president ;,pf ; the{;.KbwYZeßland{Flaxm^llers , Association, estimated:,:the {.difference 'between the ; r'ates;under, the. -Arbitration {Courtaward, .-for , .the- {Wellington Province,' and ttoao/'preyiously':.paid,.:'as,-£t'3s.; per;.ton;: : , What, has/'absorbed '■ the /balance of £7 {10sl betweeri'thp/two..prices' quoted'by Mr..Shirts ; oliffe?'. ..'Apparently, -according' to hirri;':'the Merchants,. ..and{.we. look forward tohis explanation with- very- pleasurable, .anticipation..,..He will .doubtless bearing 'mind,-th{afc{inoreased : facilitiesJin,maphinery have mbfe tlian {compensated -for ; the\ hour, that millers 'have lost, every'day. '/Trusting that ; Mr., Shirtcliffe. will enlighferiY us- on' this a'm,;.etc.,- .■':. YY{{,„YYy'. ■'{; / Y:.-'. 1 ■/.; yy/, r; PEßciyt;;robinson, ; '4-,Z ■ Secretary, Manawa'tu ;: Flasmills' Employees' :-'J^A : ~ a A-AAAA')AA T "'■'''..■'' TJnioriVY'":; 1 ". { Foxtpny: January'SOY: ' : '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 4
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166EMPLOYERS' DEFENCE FUND. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 4
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