SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 233, 20 February 1913, Page 5

SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

POSITION AT TIMAIIU. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru. Last. Night. The boards of the two local freezing works are idling up and the day's tallies are gradually increasing. The work is being done in a satisfactory maimer. FRFF.ZIM. WORKS K.MPLOYKKS ANNUAL CONFEKENTK. Wellington, Last Night. The* second annual Conference of the New Zealand Freezing Works and Allied Trades' Association was held in Wellington yesterday, and to-day delegates were iiivM'iit from" unions throughout the Dominion, with the exception of the Wellington Industrial District. The statein,.nt of I'mance showed that the receipts diiriii" the vear had totaled £lOl !>s ikl iir.d (lie expenditure £S7 Is. included in which was £7:! for organising expenses. There was a balance of £l4 Ss fid in hand It was mentioned in the report of the secretary that the whole of the unions in the South Island wore, now affiliated, and that the only district not eovered bv (he Asocialion was Wellington. It was practically assured that in anv flit nee disputes conditions would be obtained to cover the whole of the South J-la nd. The Conference decided to convene a ineetimr of freezing works' employees to be held at I'etoite for to-nior-i-ow n-lit for Ihe purpo-c of emphasising the advisability of the men there enmloved joining the Federation. Tt wa- agreed to instruct the executive council' to again approach the New Zealand Slaughtermen's Federation with a, view of the amalgamation of the two organisations. Among other decisions of the Conference was one: "That no union ov unions in (lie N<c\v Zealand Freezing Works Allied Trades Association of Workers join or become affiliated to. the New 'Zealand Federation of Labor, ihe United Labor Party, or any other Dominion Labor Federation Party or League that may hereafter come into existenee. unless llw majority of the members of th° whole of the above-men-tioned Free/in? Works and Allied Trades Association of Workers decide bv ballot, that the Association as a whole shall join or become all'ilialod to such Doniini jon Labor Federation Party or League.