SLAUGHTERMEN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1649, 16 January 1913, Page 8

SLAUGHTERMEN.

i-' ; n . ■ y CANCELLATIONS: APPEOVED~ ■0 -The canMllation.of ' the;.slaughter. :r jnca 3 uhions'.who made application to. tho o Labour Department to 'to a Withdraw- from ' the ■ syone !ofthb 'Arbitra--0 ti'on Act; will,'bo'-; 'gazetted :to-diiy.' • The Canterbury Uhiftri Was'tho I 'only oiie about > which tliero was any'doubly and yesterday 15 Mr. F. W. Rowley," 'Chief-Clerk- in 'tho B Labour Department;, gaid that.ho had that e day. reoeived-by 'letter.;sufficient .ovidqneo i- to sftow*. tuar-.A.; substantial',majority tho men Employed iji Canterbury' were' in 1- favour,of-cancellation. ' ,' ' ' Tho awards; under" which; tho Canterbury - and Wellington" inen are working expiro » to-day, but it is': not anticipated: that tho', • Canterbury butchers will ceaso work, at s once, and the Wellington men ha vo agreed •' to poou.-until Monday. InOtago and s Southland this works, have not opened un s this season- yct,-i and.- probably - they will not until- thei'troublo is (settled. In- all 3 tho other districts, including tlio pfovinf ciar towns of' Wellington province)'the -• award; expires on ...Jamiary. 31, -and tho ■ secretory of thp union (Mr.-'M.-J. Be»rdon) informed a Dominion roporter yei 1 terday that in,these districts v thd unions I proposed to obsprva, their .'agreement, and ■ to go on working until the award oxpiroa, • : PETONE . FEELING. ,• ' ' ' Additional complications threaten to 1 arise ill ,I J ctono unless tho meat works' 1 dispute 'is 1 quickly settled. A reporter ; who talked 'yesterday with some, em- ' ployees of tho Gear-Meat Co.,'gathered 1 that they were very' indignant at the attitude taken up by shopkeepers; who- havo .decided to refuse, credit,' . andto'-insist 1 upon cash transaction's. Already a pro-' ' posal has' been', inooted'.tb: hold a meet- " lng.-.with' a 'tq instituting a boycott of. traders-.who 'decide to • rbfuso credit. ! The workers -'whowore spoken '• to—noiio of them were/ slaughtermen—tako ,tho view that men ; who' -lmvo habitually paid their way should' not bo. refused credit ' in a time of trouble. '• ■ ; : Tho position' of- tho'-'storekeepers' is ono of great difficulty';':' Some ,of them',• arestill feeling thfci' effects of the last meatworks' strike;" and '.'have not yet cleaned their books of 'debts incurred at' that tirno. Probably! they will hold a meeting, in order-to; disSuss the position from all jbjtats.'; ?qssiblo' developments from, .tho awkwardj,situation , thoit.'now existsare, on tho ono handi . a ring of traders mutually -agreeing j'tq- -refuso {all: credit,' and, on tho other hand, an agreement by the workers coripernei- to',, go outside the .borough for'.tliejr supplied, rather; than submit to tlie..K>ndttions : imposci,by. their local storekeepers.'; It-is currently, rejiprtod'in Petone that, ,tho meat-works' employees, other than slaughtermen, havo;resolv«l to, resist any, attempt to man the killing .boards withfarmers and • their) sons or ''other volunteer, labour.- It ;is .stated, .that if any outside butchers are employed, the men working in other- departments „ wjll down tools forthwith, ' and prp.clairoi a: sympathy strike with the.slaughtermen.A: visitor to tno Gear Company's works; yesterdayfonhd,'.the,-slaughtermen and their assistants, working guietly, and no visible signs: of trouble; j Amongst the Petono'people in-general'talk-about tho . possible strike is principally, confined to ; business people, and; j "tho man in the j street." Tho * e;nployoes, : at - tho,. meat' i works, as ' is. their.; habit onsuch occa-, j eions, aro.v^.:'reticoht. '■ ; : , *AT . ' • • j • Wanganui, January 15. I At- the 'stock' sales/to-day tlie threaton- ) ed , strike' of ; slaughtermen had somo. ef- . feet on. tho bidding for sheep, which were ' down'a little in prico, .- Cattle,:however, < eold fairly well.. j : (By. Telegraph—Prosa Association.)' f • Gisborne, January . 15. ' The' Poverty 'Bay . slaughtermfcn have , notified the local' Trades arid - Labour Council' to-night that , thoy would , cease work as from' January 31. ' . c , Tho local managers- of the' freezing J works will not state whether they have been notified or 'not, coitcnting tbemBelves with saying : that there is nothing fresh to report. - . ' ' Mr. C. A. do Lautour, managing director of the Sheepfarmers' Company, went 1 south by the' Takapuna, togethor. -with' Mr. Warren, New Zealand secretary , for . Messrs. Nelson Bros'.,' ■" ■- 1: