FREEZERS’ DISPUTE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11830, 11 January 1933, Page 4

FREEZERS’ DISPUTE

ALLEGED PERSECUTION AT WAITARA. .

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Allegations of persecution amployed unionist; freezing, workers were made in the _ Wait.ara Police Court to-dav by Norman Hunt, a •free laborer at the works, who was ■charged with being drunk and disorderly in the street on Saturday night V when si disturbance occurred between old' and' new unionists. v • Hunt told the court that - Jie had ’been approached b> a number of old hiihonists on various occasions, amt. they bad threatened to throw him in the river. . - : The police said that Hunt had stood in the street and had threatened t.o tight all and sundry. He was fined £6. ..

Alexander Gibb Grantan, an unemployed unionist, charged with being in possession of • a dangerou.-, weapon, being a bludgeon, v.as remanded to appear at New Plymouth. CHAIN SLAUGHTERING. NEW SYSTEM OPERATING SATISFACTORILY. WELLINGTON WORKS BUSY. Tallies at the Wellington Meat Export Company’s works at Ngahauranga reached the 6300 mark ;on Monday, which is regarded as very satisfactory. Under the. new chain svstern of killing and dressing, a

seventh chain was added oh .Monday, a sixth having been put in operation last Friday. The chain system Has many advantages, one of them being the ability of accommodate a large number of men in a small space. On the killing board, where formerly 27 solo men were employed, there are five chain rails, each of Which will accommodate 34 men. There is room for a further rail, which will bring the capacity up to 204 men.

At present an average of 23 men are employed per fail. New workers can also become proficient at their particular jobs on the chain, rail in a comparatively short period. The company has in view several improvements which will greatly facilitate the work. Adjoining the killing and dressing board; a small building is being erected for'killing and preparation for dressing purposes, so that when ihe carcases enter the dressing Toom no time will be lost. An automatic chain conveyor will also be installed shortly. Moving at a speed of approx.irnateIv a quarter of a mile an hour, the conveyor will allow n space of 2ft Gin to each worker for his particular job. Killing operations have also been improved by making it possible for the men to perform the work while standing upright instead of bending. Another 'improvementwhich wil] be. introduced shortly, is the placing of the platform for the initial stages of dressing at right angles to the chain lines Instead or the present parallel position. The Gear Meat Company has six chain lines in operation at the works at Pet-one. and tallies last Friday totalled 6249.