ISLINGTON SLAUGHTERMEN IDLE
By Tolegrapn-Press Asßooiatioii. Christchurch, May 3. Thn slaughtermen at the New Zealand Refrigerating Company's Islington works ceased work this morning. The troublo is due to the men refusing to place identification tickets on sheep killed and dressed by them. The management insisted on this duty being carried out, and butchers numbering between 40 and 50 walked off the boards. There was trouble a't other works this morning over the same matter, but it wns amicably settled, and work was carried on. Tho use of identification tags has been in abeyance during the period of the commandeer, and has mly lately been reverted to,
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 187, 4 May 1920, Page 8
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106ISLINGTON SLAUGHTERMEN IDLE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 187, 4 May 1920, Page 8
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