POSITION IN CHRISTCHURCH
f»T lELSGEAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The meat factories are working quietly and the managers claim to be fully satisfied with the work of free labour. There is a rumour that the unionists are willing to return if the free labourers are dismissed, but the officials say they have no information to make public on the intentions of the union.
The Manuka, which arrived fr6m Sydney direct this morning, brought a large quantity of fruit, comprising in all about 800 cases. Included in the shipment were 160 boxes of Australian grapes. This not a large shipment, but it is explained that New Zealand fruit is very plentiful just now, and the imports wiil probably not be bo large as in previous years. The remainder of the shipment consisted of lemons, watermelons, pineapples, and a fe& orangea.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 42, 19 February 1913, Page 8
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140POSITION IN CHRISTCHURCH Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 42, 19 February 1913, Page 8
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