STRIKE OF BUTCHERS AT GISBORNE.
(PHES* ASSOCIATION TELEGBAJf.)
GISBORNE/ March 2Q. A conference was held between the men and the master butchers this afternoon. Mr Westbrooke, Inspector of Awards, attended, and endeavoured to effect a settlement, but he was unsuccessful, and tho men ceased work at 3 p.m.. The shops, however, were opened shortly afterwards by tho master butchers, by whom tho several businesses will bo carried on. There does not appear to be a prospect of a settlement at present, unless the masters concede the men's domands that their agreement should permit of affiliation with the Auckland Union. Another conference wUI te held to-morrow morning. About thirty men are affected.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14314, 27 March 1912, Page 9
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