FREEZING WORKS STRIKE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1006, 13 February 1912, Page 3

FREEZING WORKS STRIKE.

Wkujngton, February n

There are no developments in connection with the strike of general labourers at Petone and Ngahuranga freezing works. Both sides are uncommunicative.

The Gear Co., it is reported, can afford to remain shut for a full fortnight without any serious hurt. The clerks and heads of departments, all permanent hands, have combined in excellent fashion to clean up, and at time of writing the directors are in a position to sit tight and say nothing for a fortnight. Practically all the perishable goods are now properly cared for.

The engine-room employees are so far standing firm, and while they do so there is no danger threatened in the galleries of carcases in the refrigerator. The Gear Co., is said to have in stock a full twelve mouths’ supply of coal. There is also a good reserve, it is understood, at Ngahuraugi, where many of the furnaces are fed automatically. It was stated in Petone that if 66 “gutty boys ’’ could have been obtained at Ngahuranga yesterday work would have been resumed as usual. A meeting was held between 10 a.m. and n o’clock to discuss the positions of the “ killers ” and it is understood these men will cease work immediately any outside labour is employed.