KILLING OF CALVES
MEN'S OFFER REFUSED
SKELETON STAFF ACTING
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, This Day
An offer made by the slaughtermen involved in the Westfield dispute to kill 3600 bobby calves as a humanitarian gesture pending settlement of the strike was refused by the management this morning.
The men's offer was inspired by a telegram from the Hon. W. Lee Martin urging this move. The management claimed that they would be unable to cope with the offal and skins with a skeleton staff, but the slaughtermen remained firm for killing only.
Using a skeleton staff of permanent workers and the clerical staff, the company killed 600 calves up to 10 o'clock last night. They all continued this morning, and expect to work throughout- tonight and all tomorrow. It is understood that the Hon. P. C. Webb, who is now in Auckland, is attempting to arrange a special sitting of the Arbitration Court at an early date to hear the disputed point about the size of lockers now set down for October 6. In the meantime all killings, with the exception of bobby calves on hand, have been cancelled.
Both the men and management remain firm on the points in dispute.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 10
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KILLING OF CALVES
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1938, Page 10
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