THE SLAUGHTERING DISPUTE.
Wkiaington, Jan. 14,
There is every likelihood that a stubborn fight is at hand between the slaughtermen and the meat companies operating at Petoue and Ngahauranga, The companies, seeing that the men are determined to cease work on Monday next as intimated by the formal notice sent in last week, have both decided to close down their works on Monday. Thus each side has taken up a definite position, and the stoppage may prove to be of considerable length, as neither men nor companies give any indication of yielding. The works were very busy up till to-night, there being full boards employed and some overtime done, but from to-day onwards there will be a slackening off until at the end of the week things will come to a standstill. The companies will have an adequate supply of sheep and cattle for the week, but buying has been stopped, so there will be no animals left in the pens when operations stop. The decision of the companies to close down is regarded by the slaughtermen as a clear indication that the talk about getting farmers to man the killing boards was really a bluff. In the event of a general strike the butchers’ local supply will not be effected, as the slaughtermen at the municipal abattoirs will not, it is stated, be drawn into the struggle.
LONGBURN WORKS STILL RUNNING. Inquiries made by a Standard reporter yesterday show that there is uo alteration in the even running of the freezing works at Lougburn, which, up to the present, have not been effected by prospect of trouble with the slaughtermen elsewhere. So iar no notice has been given as to any contemplated cessation of work at the end of the mouth, when the existing agreement in relation to the Lougburn works terminates. At the same time, there has to be borne in mind the possibility of the slaughtermen in this district eventually acting in concert with their confreres in other parts, as all are governed by the Federation of Labour.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1051, 16 January 1913, Page 3
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341THE SLAUGHTERING DISPUTE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1051, 16 January 1913, Page 3
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