POSITION IN CANTERBURY UNCHANGED
CHRISTCHURCH, sth FeK Tho position of the contending parties is unchanged. The companies are reported to nave had a certain response- to their application for free labour, but have not yet fixed a date for restarting their work. The slaughtermen still maintain that no experts will offer themselves, and that learners available will bo incompetent to' do anything like satisfactory work, and will bo unable to break the • back of the strike. The companies, on tho other hand, are said to welcome a stoppage of a week or two, and have not been inconvenienced so far. The attitude of the waterside workers toward new unions will have an important bearing on the struggle between the men and tho companies. The matter has been referred to the executive of the Federation of Labour for a pro nouncement.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1913, Page 3
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140POSITION IN CANTERBURY UNCHANGED Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1913, Page 3
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