MILLS NOT CLOSING EARLY
UNION STATEMENT REFUTED [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, December 9. The statement made in Auckland, that two timber mills in the King Country which are producing for the manufacture of butter boxes were to be closed down for the holidays as from December 13, was refuted by an official of the firm (Messrs Ellis and Burnand) when the report was referred to him. He said there was no truth in the allegations, and the mills would be working as usual until December 20, the Friday before Christmas. ' Arrangements had been made with the men, the official said, to observe the holiday period from December 20 to January 6, when the mills would be reopened. The men did not want to start work on Monday, December 23, and their wishes had been met. All the men employed at the mills would receive their pay for three statutory holidays. [A Press Association message received earlier from Auckland stated: A vigorous protest to the Minister of Labour, Mr Webb, is being made by the secretary of the New Zealand Timber Workers’ Union (Mr F. Craig) against the proposal by a firm operating two sawmills in the King Country to close down on December 13 for the Christmas holidays.] ___________
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Evening Star, Issue 23755, 10 December 1940, Page 2
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