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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 46, 22 February 1917, Page 3

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STRIKE OF HANDS AT FREEZING WORKS.

(BI TELEGRAPH.—IT.ESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND.. 21st February. The strike of chamber-hands in the employ of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company at the Westfield Freezing Works has been settled, and 1 the men will resume work to-morrow morning. : The hands named struck on Wednesday last owing to their demands for higher wages not being acceded to. Efforts to settle the dispute by conciliatory methods were abortive until yesterday. In the meantime the'works at Southdown, Horo-t-iu, and Westfield had to be closed down, throwing oiit of work over 200 employees other than the chamber-hands. At the instance of the Minister of Industries and' Commerce (the Hon. W* D. S. Mac Donald), the Board of Trade, members of which are at present in Auckland, negotiated with the parties with, a view of endeavouring to effect s. settlement. . As the result of these negotiations the employers and the men have signed

an agreement to refer all matters in dispute to the Labour Disputes Committee, to ba set up under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, 1913, the Mayor (Mr. Gunson) consenting to act as. chairman. The parties agreed to accept the committee's decision on all points as binding, and further agreed that the committee's decision shall be retrospective to the date when work is to be resumed. The first meeting of the committee will be held to-morrow.