SHEARERS AND THE SECRETARY.
t THE SHEARS THROWN DOWN
%\- (By .-.■ Telegraph,—Press' Association.); :'.''
/v;;: ';.;/•/;:;,;;/Glsborhe,: October 4,1; '■''\ Shearers were 'about; .to •'start, work to-day'- at Faulkner's Station, .. Muri'waiyd6 miles'..from;Gisborne; /when .tho' local^union- ; secretary appe'aredj.'on the'-scene,.-.':'andtconferred with the. men." As--the:resrdt;^pf : the/:'conversation, ■.whatever; it was,- the ; shearers, .who; were threw down their shearsy. and/ refused to; proceed.'. They had engaged/.toj'shear/ (with blades)...attwenty shillings, per/hundred, and three shil-/ lings.per hundred: extra for. "finding" themselves; jAfter, -their -conversation with the union secretary;, themen told their /.that* they'/ would-.: .not shear'/exoept they got' twenty, per hundred : an'd:were found.in rations, A; ; deadlock, ensued: ;■:■ Both sides were :firm,-/and;the -men!left:-the, shed. ■'A' 'meeting 'dfv.sheepowhers /of /the' r dis r trict will be/held :'to-morfow ;to / .discuss the. position; but. it is ; 'almost sure not., to; agree '.to..'ithe men's' demands, ;
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 7
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129SHEARERS AND THE SECRETARY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 7
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