THE END IN SIGHT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9740, 5 March 1914, Page 5

THE END IN SIGHT.

MINISTERS CONFIDENT CONCERNING MEAT WAR.

RETAIL BUTCHERS BREAK AWAY. (Bi Electbic Telegraph—Copyright.) (Pib Pbess Association.) . . SYDNEY, Feb. 4. It is confidently believed in Ministerial circles that the end of the butchers' strike 11 m view. Messrs Holman and Estell further discussed the position with the emplov'V s , toda - v > Putting before them proposals slightly less favourable. j Meanwhile the employees have called a mass meeting tc-morrow morning, in anticipation of a fresh offer from some of the retail butchers, which indicates a breaking away from the allied trades committee. bo far, no labour is offering for the city shops. The unionists express the opinion that the attempt to run the shops with non-union labour will fail, as all the competent men are unionists. The public are already tired of the kind of meat sold at the depots.

FIVE THOUSAND FARMERS READY. TO ASSIST MASTER BUTCHERS. Received March 5. 9.30 a.m. _. SYDNEY, March 5. lne master butchers state that every shop in the metropolitan area will be opened toll"*'' T.hey allege many volunteers have offered, including a number of unionist shopmen. They also claim that five thousand farmers and their sons are ready to come from the country, if needed. The men deny that any unionists have returned, but a meeting will be held this forenoon, whereat the leaders will explain the position a> far as the offer of the masters to re-engage unionists is concerned. IMPROVED OUTLOOK IN IRON STRIKE. SYDNEY. March 4. The aspect of the iron trades strike is more hopetul. The Employers' Defence Committee has arranged a small sub-com-mittee to meet the president 0 f the. Employers' Association, the future action of the men depending on the result of this meeting. "LAZY" STRIKE OFF. Received March 5, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 5. the stevedores have decided to work overtime. This clears the way for the hearing of the waterside workers*' case.