BUTCHERS' SHOPS CLOSED. SAWMILL HANDS DISCHARGED.
WESTPORT, November $5. 1.20 p.m.
. Owing to their failure to obtain live stock from Waiiganui, all. the butchers' shops. in Westport and district are closed. ■ . . •''
Nothing is doing at the Norwegian barque Nordstern. The vessel has been in port for a fortnight, awaiting a cargo of coal for.the Islands. The crew of the steamer Mangapapa,: now at Kumara, has .been ordered out by the Seamen's Union. ... v , ; > ' The biggest sawmilling firm has discharged all its hands. The Railway Department has taken over 1000 tons of the coal standing in the trucks in the railway yard.
There is no activity in the district except Strike Committee meetings and strike speeches.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8724, 25 November 1913, Page 5
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