SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 227, 13 February 1913, Page 8

SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

- "■ I j Til]-: POSITION IN' SOUTHLAND. I ; Per Press Association. ! liivorciirgoll, Tuesday, i A considerable number of slaughtermen have been engaged by the companies arid :i start will be made at t)ie Makarewa and Mataura works on the | Kith The Southland Frozen Meat 1 Company liavc forty men on their books who have applied for hooks, and of these sixteen will start at Mataura and • Hi at Makarewa. The Ocean Beach works also, it is stated, have experienced ih> difficulty in finding men to man the boards. WORK AT CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, Wednesday. The meat works are resuming to-day with free laborers. The number of slaughtermen available has not been revealed, but it is understood two experts have been engaged at each factory to teacli learners, who will be paid Is 3d an hour, or 27s Gd a hundred. There \ is some difference between the strikers ' and the Assistants' Union. The latter is advising members that they are at liberty to slaughter as free laborers. It is alleged that the assistants resented the failure of the Slaughtermen's Union to stand by them some years ago, and' nursed their grievances. THE EVELINE WORKS. Oamaru, Last Night. Killing has started at the Eveline works. Seven or eight men more would have been on the boards had longer notice been given of the company's intention to re-start. The officials express satisfaction with the work, and ! state that while not so rapid it compares favorably, and, in some instances, is better than the present first day's killing of experts. HASTINGS SATISFIED. Hastings, Last Night. Considering the number of butchers now manning the boards at the local freezing works, and bearing in mind the highly satisfactory manner in which they are doing the work, the strike may be said to have collapsed as far as Hawke's Bay is concerned. The manager of one of the local companies stated yesterday that the new butchers were dressing sheep in a far better manner than the ex-shuightermen. The new hands, without delaying work, give the, learners a I reasonable opportunity to grasp 1 the method of dressing. The former hands were always out for quantity, not quality. Four hundred and sixty-five sheep were killed at Pakipaki yestsrday, the highest tally being 00 and'the lowest 38. WORK AT TIMARU. Timaru, Last Night. The Smitlifield and Pareora freezing works started quietly to-day with a few killers. It is expected that now that work has begun applications will be made more freely.