Little Change In Fertiliser Strike
(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 10. No settlement of the fertiliser strike is in sight. The secretary of the Employers’ Federation (Mr P. J. Luxford) had nothing to say today other than that no settlement was in immediate sight, and the president of the Federation of Labour (Mr F. P. Walsh) spent this afternoon discussing the Wellington waterfront dispute with the employers.
The Minister of Labour (Mr Shand) and the Secretary of Labour (Mr H. L Bockett) had no comment on the dispute, but it was suggested in some circles that Mr Shand was planning to bring the parties in the fertiliser dispute together by calling a compulsory conference.
Today Mr Shand was having trouble locating Mr Walsh to get his reaction to such a conference.
Mr Walsh told a reporter: “You can say Pm going tramping In the Tararuas.”
He refused to comment on the conference proposal. Some sources said Mr Walsh was leaving the onus of calling the conference entirely on Mr Shand. In that way, if he attended, he would be free to walk out if a settlement appeared unlikely
A number of unions have pledged funds to help the 800 men on strike. In par-
ticular the waterside workers’ unions throughout the country today pledged themselves ready to give varying amounts. Serious concern over the possible effects of the strike on the motor industry and the motoring public was expressed today at the halfyearly council meeting of the Retail Motor Trade Association in Wellington. The shortage of acid for batteries for new cars could, it was stated, seriously affect the delivery of new cars from the assembly works. In addition, lack of acid could restrict the delivery of new batteries to the retail motor trade and could also make it difficult to keep installed batteries operative. This was particularly serious with winter approaching. A resolution was carried expressing concern over the dispute and the hope that it would be speedily settled.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29819, 11 May 1962, Page 14
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