THE BUTCHERS' STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1919, Page 5

THE BUTCHERS' STRIKE.

MEAT FOR SAMOA GARRISON. CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES LOADED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last NightA settlement of the difficulty with the wharf laborers with regard to their refusal to handle tinned meat and other butchers' supplies for the Islands was arrived at to-day as far as the requirements of the garrison at Samoa were concerned. Negotiations were carried on during the morning by the Conciliation- Commissioner and the president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, with k representative of the Transport Workers' Advisory Board. Eventually it was agreed on the part of the Butchers', Drivers' and Watersiders' Unions that a quantity of tinned meats, canned soup and bacon necessary for the Christmas supplies of the Garrison should be shipped on the steamer Talune. The Roods were in due course placed on board. Supplies of meat for private , traders and settlers and tins of pre- ■ served meat were, however, left on the i wharf. i There was no change in the position in regard to the meat shops in the city. A meeting of the Butchers' Union is to be , held to-morrow to consider the situation • as a result of the failure of the eoni fercMe with the employers on Thurs- ! day afternoon.