MEAT STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1673, 13 February 1913, Page 6

MEAT STRIKE.

THE FREE MEN DOING WELL. GEAR CO. OUTPUT. s THOUSAND SHEEP YESTERDAY. Progress towards a full output is' being made at each of the local freezing works. More men were added to. the boards at both Ngahauranga' and Petono yesterday, and the men at work are-said.t6>be iasc improving :both in skill' and ( speed. At the Gear work's yesterday over 1000 sheep were dealt with, a proportion of the number being destined for export. '; "■ • Om' Petono correspondent states that a total of 41. men started work at letone an.l 37 at Ngahauranga.; One of tho men at the Gear Co.'s works'met'with nn atcident, arid was rather badly wit. It was expected that there might be trouble between- the unionists' and' the voiunit*r. slaughtermen when work' ceased at •■>" p - n., but tho majority of the men remain en the premises, and ,four, who left for Wellington by train, avoided'any unwelcome attentionby mingling with the cvtwd. The Gear Co. expect that in three, weeks the output will be 3000 per- day ■II is now reported that the beef butch-, cries will, resume killing, with lieo labour on Friday. . '' RESUMING AT CHRISTCJhURCH. ' (By Telegraph.—Press ; Aeeoolatl6n.) Christchurch, February 11. The' meat works are resuming to-day with free labourers. • The .number i of slaughterers available is : not Tevealcd, but it is understood two experts are engaged in each factory to. teach tho learners, who will be paid Is. 3d. per hour and 275. 6d. per hundred.' There is some'• between'the'.', strikers and the Assistarlts' Union, the latter advising its members that they are at liberty to slaughter as free labourers. It is, alleged the assistants resented the failure.of the Slaughterers' Union to stand by them some years ago,. and nursed their ■ grievance. " " ' ' OAMARU. WORKS. ■■".,-' Oamaru, February 12. • Killing has started .at tho Eveline works. Seven or eight men more would have been on tho boards had there been longer notice of the company's intention to restart. The officials express satisfaction with done, arid state that while not so.'rapid, it compares' favourably, and in some instances' is better, than a first day's killing by. experts.