CANTERBURY FARMERS PREPARED.
(SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.")
TIMARU, October 29,
Mr C. H. Ensor, president of tho North Canterbury Farmers' Union, said to-day that the Union had absolutely no antagonism to the waterside workers at all, but it was clear that » -
the farmers, who were workers liko wharf labourers, could not allow an organisation to interfere with then- livelihood if they could prevent it. It was quite possible that th© yearly wage of a farmer might be lying on the harbour wharf, and it was of the most vital importance to him to get that produce shipped away in good order and condition. The farmers would take gocd care that the produce was loaded or unloaded as the case might be. If the trouble in Wellington spread, ho could guarantee that within a couple of days or so enough labour would be provided by the farmers toward the shipping in Lyttelton or at any rate, all such shipping as directly affected the interests of the country men. At the beginning of the year a Vigilance Committee had been organised in connexion with the Farmers' Union to meet this very contingency, and it was a very strong body at present.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14810, 30 October 1913, Page 8
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