THE SLAUGHTERMEN.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8769, 22 March 1907, Page 2

THE SLAUGHTERMEN.

More Trouble. Per Press* "Association 1 Christchcjroh, March 21. There is more trouble iu connection with the slaughtermen in Canterbury. The men at Islington and Belfast are in dispute with the managers of the companies in regard to the method of skinning the sheep. The companies contend that the heads should be skinned by the men, maintaining that this shguld be done if the skinning- is .properly attended to. The men on their part say that it is not necessary to skin the heads, and they refuse to do so. A meeting of the men wag held to-day, and after the matter was discussed at length a vote was taken on the question as to whether the men wouid continue to work if required to skin the heads. The voting was equal, and another meeting will be held to-morrow. March 22. Tho dispute between tho slaughtermen at Belfast, Islington and the Proprietary Companies was settled this morning, the men having agreed to skin the heads of the sheep. The premature rumor yesterday that the slaughtermen were again on strike seriously affected stock sales throughout Canterbury. Business in fat sheep was virtually at a standstill, and some sales were postponed.