FREEZING DISPUTE

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 November 1926, Page 5

FREEZING DISPUTE

TARANAKI DEA'ELOPMENTS. (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30. At Borthwick’s meat works, at Waitara, this morning, a further call was made for mutton butchers, without re sponse. The firm is determined to carry on, and further developments are expected in a day or two. lIAAA’ERA, Nov. 30. ■ AVhen tile season commenced at the Pa tea AVorks this morning, m> union slaughtermen accepted work on rv.itton for export, though a number of unionists accepted engagaments in other branches. Killing has cmmenced, fifteen non-unionist butchers being sufficient to cope with present offering. START AT PETONE. AA’ELLINGTON, November 30. The Gear meat works at Petone opened the season to-day, fourteen butchers working. The head office states that the number is ample for the quantity of stock, at present available. AUCKLAND MARKS TIME. AUCKLAND, November 30. Local freezing companies did not start work to-day, as arranged, pending the result of i a conference at AVellington to-morrow. A big meeting of unionists, last night, decided to adhere to the resolution not to start killing, unless advised to do so by the Freezing AVorkers’ Federation. AVATERSIDERS’ ATTITUDE. NAPIER, November 29. A call was made late this afternoon for labour to load the frozen meat killed by non-unionists on to the Port Hobart, which is completing her loading at this port. There was no response to the call. This might have been due to a shortage of labour, owing to the number of vessels in port. However, a real test of the attitude of the watersiders will come on Wednesday morning, when a further call will be made.