THE BAKERS' STRIKE.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 613, 2 July 1908, Page 4

THE BAKERS' STRIKE.

A MELBOURNE OFFER TO MASTER BAKERS. [PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, July 1. Matters in connection with the bakers' strike appear to be _ncbaiiged. The citations issued by tho Labour Department were 41 or 42 (inoluding Mr Andrew Collins). They have all been lodged with the Clerk of Awards at tlie Supreme Court. So far as the Department is concerned its formal duty for tlie present is finished, but the officers will not cease their efforts to adopt a modus Vivendi. Mr Kellow (President of the Master Bakers' 'Association) received today a cable message from the Melbourne Association, offering the loan of maohinery (free of cost) if the Wellington employers will pay freight to and fro. This machinery, says Mr Kellow, would enable the master bakers to manage -with the Luanda at their disposal now. However, it is hoped that it will not be necessary to take advantage of the Melbourne offer. Mr KeJibw bas been reinforced, and hopes to produce something like his ordinary supply to-morrow. Other employers, die sajs, aro expecting to get their ovens going fairly well very soon.