FIRM ANSWER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 5

FIRM ANSWER.

EMPLOYERS STAED BY LOYAL' MKX." {By Tclcewli.—Prow AssneiatJ.ni!.! Chrlsloiiurcli, April .% . Employers of wat-cis ido •' laimur at Lyttolton were rceently approached bv a depuiat ion o,f Ciiristelniroli members :of I'ariiajneiit in; rpfiriiUco to the. pre;fe.rehtro' :6'f employment 'Riv-qn to niftmb»rs of tl.vfe. jioiv union. These members of Pariianioivi proposed tlist'tho p'refoieuois rule should. bo relaxed. Tbti i'o'lfeiv'ihg reply has been sent-. by Mr. It. W. Bennett

.. "At a meeting of employers of,w«tersi.'lo lalraiir i'li' LyUeltdn I was msiruetcd to convey to yii.ii vlsetr decision <m tlio mat tor which Was brought before them. As I stated on tiirfrt p.cca-sio.l]., w:o gi'e fliiito deS-on.nined to continue the preference of cmjilsvywcn' to all- those men, whether 'nmrrieji or 'single, «i» eamfl •to our assistant® in T.vtteitou when lira members of tli.O Waterside Union rfr

fused to work, and, far tiho irme bi-ii\|i, bkilked all traffic.at tho port.. Alter setiiig that nam f;.et work, it |is «V!r wish that ■ all married liieij of J the old union, who are eilifient workers and of sfasjilje. slmlt obtain .work ! before unmarried men., and we are makj iuK arr-nnvemrats to. thai oft'oaß;' T may Kay t-liiit I mn mfarmScl 't'hii.t most J of ili-T single whati labourer? connects 1 j wiiit ihe lutioil Itsvo lrl.'(, f|.;o port,"