FARMERS AND STRIKE.
■ A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO DISORGANISE EMPIRE TB.--JTE. i USE OF FREE LABOUR. IB- Telegraph.—Press Association.. j WELLINGTON, this day. The New Zealand Farmers' Union ! official? met recently to consider the ! stepping upheaval threatening in >ew i Zealand. The following- statement wa? i issued by the officials present at the ! meeting to-day: 'Tt is of great imI portanoe to fanners and the -whole l community that the matter should be ! settled as promptly as possible to avoid 1 very seriou? loss. At present four ! million sterling worth of prod-ace is | held up. It is clear to us thai the I disturbance is not dne to any question :of wages or conditions, but is a debberi ate attempt to disorsranise shipping and ' the trad? of the Empire. While we j are marking time our trade rival?, n-ot- : ably Arsrentine. are not being thus ! hampered. We. therefore, consider that Ibo compromise is possible, and that ! there is no alternative but for the j Government to take such action a? j shall permit free labour of any standI ing to give a hand tc put our good? on i the market.'"
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 9
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