SUDDEN STRIKE
SMITHFIELD MARKET. THREE THOUSAND SHOPMEN OUT DISPUTE REGARDING WAGES. MORNING COMMUNITY SINGING. LOYAL FERVOUR DISPLAYED. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, February 3. New Zealand and Australian meat will probably be affected by a lightning strike at Smithfield, in which 3000 shopmen decided, shortly after midnight, owing to alleged delay of the Conciliation Board in deciding a wage dispute. The men claim £4 as a minmum for a 44-hour week, with pay for overtime. The strikers enlivened the morning by community singing, accompanied by street musicians who struck up “God Save the King” at the conclusion of a mass meeting. All doffed their caps and sang the verses with a real fervour of loyalty.
EMPLOYERS’ OFFER REJECTED. AGAINST UNION’S ADVICE. MEN MEET AT MIDNIGHT. (Received This Day, 2 p.m.) LONDON, February 3. The Bmithfielcl strikers, at a midnight meeting, refused the employers’ offer to discuss wages if they returned to work, which their own union also recommended. Another meeting is to be held at noon.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 96, 4 February 1936, Page 5
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