FREEZING WORKS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 152, 9 April 1930, Page 3

FREEZING WORKS

THE BALCLUTHA STRIKE. BURNSIDE ABANDONS “GO SLOW.” (Special to the “Guardian.”! DUNEDIN, April 3. All is quiet at the Burnside freezing works to-day. After two days ox “go slow” the hoards are now working at a normal rate, and it is not anticipated that the trouble at Finegand, where the men are on strike, will have any serious effect at Burnside. In the meantime the “go slow” policy adopted on Friday in sympathy with the workers at the Baldutha works has ceased. Yesterday the men on the Burnside boards held a stopwork meeting from 8.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., and after the employers’ side was presented to them they decided to resume work at normal pace immediately'. The tactics of the men since Friday caused a reduction in killings of about 3000 sheep. The hold-up at the works, .however, was not serious, as when trouble was first sighted on the horizon the company necessarily restricted deliveries. POSITION IN CANTERBURY. NO TROUBLE ANTICIPATED. (Special to the “Guardian.”) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. No trouble is anticipated in the freezing' works in North Canterbury as the result of the strike in the South Otago works, and killing proceeded normally yesterday. The committee of the Canterbury Freezing Works and Related Trades Union met yesterday morning, but, when interviewed, tin? secretary (Mr H. C. Revell) stated that he had nothing to say about the decisions reached. There have been no developments from the short meeting held hv the men at the New Zealand Refrigerating Co’s works at Islington on Monday.