TROUBLE IN THE SHEDS.
MAORI SHEARERS THROW DOWN THEIR BLADES. GISBORNE, 4th October. Shearers were about to start work today, at Faulkner's Station, Muriwai, 16 miles from Gisborne, when the local union secretary appeared on the scene, and conferred with the men. As tho result of the conversation, whatever it was, the shearers, who were Natives, threw down their shears, and refused to proceed. They had engaged to shear (with blades) at twenty shillings per hundred, and three shillings per hundred extra for "finding" themselves. After their conversation with the union secretary, the men told their employers that they would not shear except they got twenty shillings per hundred and were found in rations. A deadlock ensued. Both sides were firm, , and the men left the shed. A meeting of sheepowners of the district will be held tomorrow to discuss the position, but it is almost sure not to agree, to the men's demands.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 83, 5 October 1910, Page 3
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