THE SLAUGHTERMEN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 6

THE SLAUGHTERMEN.

CONCILIATION COUNCIL, ADJOUENED UNTIL TO-MOREOW. ' The • ConciliationCounoil^' which ' has been : ; B6t up .to deal with. the.'dispute in ;tho . slaughtering trade so far as the Gear Meat Company, the Wellington Meat; Export Company, and. their employees., are, concerned, - met yesterday afternoon under the chairmanship of Mr. P. HalJy, Conciliation .Commissioner.' The assessors were Messrs. ,VF. ,H. Sladden, W.; Tripe, and • E.V C.' Cowen. for the companies, /and Messrs; G. G. Martin and H. Ryder, appointed by the commissioner to' act .for the employees. -No other persons were present. After discussing the situation for some time,' the council adjourived. uni.il to-morrow*. .No' information as' to' the progress that may. have been made "towards the framing 1 of recommendations was available last;night.. - . I EMPLOYERS AND DELEGATES ■ V.'..." MEET. , (By Telejrraph.—Special Oorre'sDondont.) : Christchurch, January 12. . The - conference, between' the. employers and : the delegates 'of the Canterbury Slaughtermen's .Union, regarding the • demands mado . by the New . Zealand Slaughtermen's .Federation for' an eight hours day,. and a killing, rate of 255. per 100 carcasses,wascomme'nced at.-ll a.m. yesterday, iind proceedings .concluded at about five 'o'clock. The: secretary.:. of, the. union. (Mr; Charles/Were), who was interviewed at ; the.. close.,. of ; the. confersnoe, declined to 'make any statement as to its outcome,^'save - that"no/'settlement ;ha3 been'arrived -at.;- -Mr.. W.Murray, tna.iiager of the Ghristchur'ch;MeatvCompany, was also seen, and stated.'that''certain proposals had ..been .made Vby. j thei employers," and tbie union delegates were '; to place . those proposals, before' the • union at .an' early date.- ■* Until fiie Vunion'>met," therefore,' the matter mukfc. -remain. in abeyance.