SLAUGHTERMEN'S DEADLOCK

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1913, Page 8

SLAUGHTERMEN'S DEADLOCK

BUTCHERS PAID OFFTO.-DAY. •'] Both parties to the existing in the .meat export trade .dispute are passive registers. , The' companies ' have given the men until Friday next vto make, up their minds as to whether. or no they will accept 27ft 6d per hundred and the old conditions. In: their. turn the, men have intimated that they,, donot intend, to recede one.- step from , the. position they, have- taken tip. ' The^ local slaughtermea, are out, of! work, .arid 'there will be many more similarly .situated after .the 3lat, January, urilesß.the unexpected happens. '. . '.' '■ [ ''It. is .not kriowri -whether \'the companies, if the^men re* use, the tftffijft offet-.ed,-will close down* for'the'tge»son,' or will (as threatened in ssme quarters J: man the boards with volunteer killers. stated rthat a" prominent figure in -the farming industry of the .Dominion, ;when the companies met ■in conference -in Christchurch, .offered, if occasion arose, to .arrange for a- supply of hands sufficient to fill. all the. principal boards. But the coneensas of, opinion among persons interested is that 'the,- firei. alternative ' will' most likely be resorted to., : ," ';> 'Slaughtermen employed till yesterday at Petone and Ngahauranga were paid off.to-day. ■ General hands at Petone are gradually working out,- and by. the end' oft the week it is estimated that over. • 400 employees will be 'non-earners.- This .afternoon, the boners finished, and the fellmongery staff is 'expected to ■finish^ off.' Work in the freezing department is completed so 'far as the taking in of carcases) is concerned, and all that remains to.be l done -'is the loading up. The, men in the manure departmettt, it ,is ■ anticipated' , will ,< not finish up for some . time > yet, but .the .hands in the preserving branch should do all that is to be done by Saturday, .Petone .is Very quiet, ,the' strike having, had a certain depressing influence on trade, which influence, should "be, however, of a 'temporary, nature only. It is - not ' expected that '• the - closing down' of the works will, affect the 'Home liners, which are specially fitted for the purpose' of carrying frozen meat, just at present, as both . works- have r a- certain -supply ' in r store. . ; INCORRECT REPORT SMITHPIELD AND PAREORA j BtJTCtfERS. | - (BT-THJSGRAPH— PRESS • ASSOCIATION.) T3MARU, Tim" Day. ' The statement published thin morn* ing ' thaV.tbd< meat . companies, had Igiveji notice to the. Smithfield ' and' Pareora butchers -that thehs aorvice* would not bo required after next Thursday is-.in-correct. - . The' only announcement made by tb© companies is that the. men: must tender a reply to the offer of '27»-6d per 100 Hot later than Thursday, «even days , after the offer -was made. .The notice frivon by the", men .expires on 29th January. ' . , POSITION IN AUCKLAND; " AUpKLAND," Thk Day. The slaughtermen"* strike, does, not affect ± the ' Southdown ' work* * Although .registration by the union has been cancelled, the men 'are working under 'an award' which does not expore until let October. WORK AS USUAL AT HASTINGS. NOTICE NOT~GIVW YET. 'HASTINGS^ This Day. There are no further' developments ,in connection with the slaughtermen's dis- , pute. 1 Work is proceeding as usual at Tomoana and Pakipaki Freezing Works, i and no notice of intention to cease work has yeV been received' by either 'of the companies. AT EVELW WORKS. , KILLING RESTARTS TO-MORROW. OAMARU, This Day. Killing * restarts at the Evelyn Works to-morrow. It is understood the butchers have given the Christchurch Meat Company notice of their intention to cease work on Ist February, unless the demands of the union are complied With. . Local members are said not to be very much in favour of the strike movement. The prospects of another fortnight's killing are viewed with much favour, especially by imtll farmer* dependent on itock to meet Urn kill*. . *