STOCK THRESHING AND LABOUR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 616, 20 September 1909, Page 10

STOCK THRESHING AND LABOUR.

■\if-.- ;■■■' :&■; CANTEKBTJRY^CONFERENCE; :; ; . ; v ';-\- :: ':. : .'(By Toleerapli-Pr.es«"'4ssociaUon;) v i,' : ;.'.' , : i,^; : . ; •-.:>•;;. :"-£',, ' Timaru, 'September '18. •.''■'■V . A conference'of farmers; and , .threshing mill- ■ ■'•■.: '•'owners--w.ae held, to-day, the .-former,-asking the ' latter to reconsider the agreement which-they - : had the. Workers'; Union' to abolish ■■'■■■"•■'the.threshing of grain l .from the stock, which ■:'■:■■':agreement had 'been madeibeforo' the concilia-, ■*' - tion ooioniissiotjer without corisultinrg tlio farv: ': mers in''any way. , Th'o farrae.rs' repreienta- ■;■:-.'?■ tivas' spoke strongly,on " the . injnstiee of an '■■■ ''•'■"' agreement in 'which the iarmers (the party. V " : chielly interested), had had no say. .. The ' 1 - threshers at the; conference asked for an'offer , i ■ of extra .pay foistook threshing, and thenar-; replied-that they had no ■ authority tv' ■ ;i make nn-offer.:«.AH:they coald.do was to ask. v. ■ the : millowners •■.to''consult the ■w.orBbTS, ■ and■ recall or.- modify- that clanse. ./'.- ,;,,.-•', ,:'.',, '■■ After tho eoriierence, 28 millowners-continued ■■• -sitting, and decided to meet the Workers' - : Xlnion, and suggest cancelling; the prohibition V of stock threshing^-and insert an extra charge, ; ;■.'of a halfpenny per bushel, the tax to be - divided ; ,'-i eoually mil).o , wner.;.and- .mjllhanda.,yi ,sj : -I •■'■ ■' agreement , 'was 'to.have-been passed by :' th<i Arbitration Court, as an award yesterday, ■•■': • 'but, at therecinfet of the president 'of tne ''''Mfllnwneis' Union/ this was postponed.