THE FREEZING DISPUTE

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 12

THE FREEZING DISPUTE

CONCILIATION CONFERENCE AN ALL-DAY SITTING NO DEFINITE RESULTS YET All day yesterday the representatives of employers and workers in the freezing industry sat in conference in Wellington trying to come to some amicable agreement in the present dispute. Mr. P. Hally (Conciliation Commissioner for the Wellington district) presided, and argument proceeded until a late hour last night without- finality being reached. The conference will be resumed to-day. No progress reports from yesterday’s sitting were available to the Press.

WAIROA OPENS WITH (FREE LABOUR BY Telegraph.—Press association. Wairoa, December 1. The Wairoa Meat Company’s works opened this morning. No union slaughtermen applied for work and the board was manned with free labour. Ample labour was offering and the company has a substantial waiting list of those wanting to come on as soon as the supplies of stock are more plentiful. The season opened a fortnight earlier than last year, and this will allow the men to become proficient before the heavy rush of stock. A number of unionists applied for w'ork in other departments, but little labour is required at present other than that supplied by the' company’s regular staff.

WAINGAWA VOLUNTEERS SATISFACTORY. BY Telegraph.—press association. Masterton, December 1. The volunteers working at the Waingawa Freezing Works have, accordin to the management, shown a wonderful improvement during the week which they have been working, and a fai" number of them are already doing round about the tally of eight head per hour, which entitles them to be classed as competent slaughtermen. The number of sheep and lambs killed to-day was 1030, and the work in every department is proceeding satisfactorily. The management state that, even without an addition to the numbers working or further improvement, there will be no difficulty in handling all fat stock likely to -be offering this side of the holidays.