THE SLAUGHTERMEN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1704, 22 March 1913, Page 4

THE SLAUGHTERMEN.

NEW UNION TO B0 There (a no longer any doubt that th« now slaughtermen s union, tho members of wmoh are the men employed to takd the plaoo of the strikers at Petono and' Ngahauranga, will bo registered. Tho roi gistration will not be oomplotcd for a day' or two, tho reason being that ono oft' two formalities. havo not been observed i r in malting the application. They nro thd' merest matters of form, however, and thojV will not offer any real obstaolo to th<\; granting of registration. i C The secretary of tho Federation (Mr. M. J. Reardon) stated; yesterday that an impression Was abroad' among butchers and others that tho' striko was off in Southland. This, ho, 6aid, was not so! the position tliero was precisely the samo as tho position in Wel« lington. ' i 'A few strikers arc leaving from dart to: day to takei work elsewhere, and ty number went to Australia this week. It' will bo some months bworo tho eoaeon 1 opens thero, end it is anticipated that tho unions jn Victoria, and probably in tho' other States, propose to mako a bid foiM tho 80s. rate as soon as tho works ero'l running