CANTERBURY WORKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 9, 11 January 1941, Page 10

CANTERBURY WORKS

CONGESTION FEARED

Difficulty :s have been experienced in Canterbury because of the dry weather bringing Jarge quantities of stock forward fo.r killing. In order to meet the siturjtion the Minister of Labour (Mr. Wfibb) has arranged for a conference of.; freezing works employers and workei.7i to evolve some way of overcoming, the difficulty. The conference is meeting in Christchurch this afternoon i under the chairmanship of the Conciliation Commissioner,! Mr. S. Ritc.'frue.

"If.epresentations have been made to m-e/regarding the difficulty the farmers in 'Canterbury are experiencing .in hi&i dng their stock handled at the ft^ezing works," Mr. Webb said today. "''Owing to the recent dry weather feed is going off and the farmers must disipose of their fat stock before any serious deterioration sets in. This must ■cause a certain amount of congestion |at the works and steps must be taken !to meet the position. At a time like ' the present it is most essential that employers and workers should get together to ensure, that there shall be no diminution of production, and to support New Zealand's war effort. "To avoid wastage of the fat stock offering at the freezing works in Canterbury I appeal to both the employers and the workers to get together in a spirit Qf co-operation and endeavour to evolve some scheme that will overcome the present difficulties at the freezing works."-