MEAT STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1679, 20 February 1913, Page 6

MEAT STRIKE.

•. GREAT STRIDES BY FREE MEN.. Free inbour his responded so readily t6 tlw cvall 6f the local-'.meat'-exiiort slaughterhouses that. Ijotfh are. now in a position to pick and choose among, tho men offering, and only , men . with soino experience' aro being employed. Tho Meat Export Co: had 03 men on the hoard yesterday,.'an,<l expects to. hayo/iO to-day.. This number will include half-a-dozen b»ef butchers. .On Wednesday, although iihe no'n-a'rrival .of, a -.'stock, .train in tho jifteropoß • compelled ft' stoppage at 3.30, no fewer, than IGOO sheep and 20 head of cattle passed through tho frorks. . Yesterday these figures,were, cohlcderably bettered. ■ Considering _ that only:;,i week ago last. Monday 'tho Meit Export ■Co. started with 15 men and put through 300 sh'fOD for the day, remarkable progress bsen made.. Similar progrfss is being mads at the Gear Co/s works.. At. both' sheds a high standard of work is being insisted upon, and it is stated . .that tlw demands of the companies in this respect are being fully satisfied. Reports received locally indicate that' all tho companies-in ' llie-North Island kro doing well. It is estimated that throughout the ■ Dominion, between four and five hundred free labourers. are now nt work on slaughtering roards. , Tho Slaughtermen's Federation, : prior to tho Strike, had a. merobsrship of iibont 8W). It is believed that h°re and there an odd inpmbsr of th>9 unions ivbich declared tho striko'has resumed employment. TIMARU TALLIES'' GROWING. (By Telegraph—Press . Timaru, February'l9; The boards of the two local freezing works are filling; up and the; .day tallies j aro gradually increasing. The work is being done in a manner. | IN CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, February 19. The meat factories are working quietly and the managers claim to'be fully satisfied with the work of 'free,labOur... There is a rumour that the: unionists are willing- to .return if' tho free,labourers are dismissed, but the-.officials say they have no information to make public bi the