SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 47, 24 February 1913, Page 11

SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

*S_W HAND**- IV.iINC WELU (By Teie-rra.'' — I'r<*>? Association.) CHRI-TCiU'Ri 11. Sundr.y. From the r" :n ' " f VP,V "' ;hp Canteriwry frec_in_ --.","*--••- nutter, are s3 _--v , *-ory. ■>-:•;>• lh.- lac: that the _.u_hter-!**n - -*r '-•* ha- not bPen defied off. T' :- -vc- < it is expected that ■»_ at Is!in .ton ar'l nt —nitlitieid the oatput **:;: n*J !' four :i_*:rp-* per day. Sow that ;'ic |.r -.-■ir-- .ii ;;*.■ 'Harvest ■B-ork is ovi-r. aii ; i: ia"s practica::..' l:n:-ii-*I. ap; l:cation.= from s suitable t.'T*' " -Mirk--- arc i-omii]-; in nrach rn-niv ::*•■-.. tui-i «,i.* the case sic- si.'.v. ■*• ■".*:_' ]"••:.\ '..iu- -t.irted t--n cays a_o. !::•• i t.n- .irviuiim of labour offerin. - -»• :i ' ia: t:i- LT>mpaiiies are not under the nc-e-'-ity of mi.v; u.*r any in: tho-e v.'lo i::-.-ir likely to prove efficient worker.-* aft r h.ivinj receive-1 so-'*' ins_r_ 'I'm. The quality of tne work t..-in_- done *5T ih" men a*. present nar.iii.ni; the "joard- at the company'- works is jrivin. satisfaction, tad ••■impares favourably srith the standard reached by experts in recent -par-. In view oi the number ol men at present on tiie hoards at Islington, and of t :•■ rate at which application? arc comln.- in. it u.i! be only a matter of a :'•'■* days before tin- board-" ■trill be quite full. Learner.- emplovcd hy the companies. ;t 1- unler-tood. .ire making such ex ■. llent p-otrress that already a large pro-ioriioii o: tin-m are being paid at piecework rates, as they have proved themselves capable of earnin.fr more than the -.-aarautcei minimum oi JO; per day.