FREEZING TROUBLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 112, 8 April 1930, Page 7

FREEZING TROUBLE.

WORK PROCEEDING. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, April 7. Work is proceeding quietly at the Finegand freezing works, where the board of volunteer butchers is reported to be doing good work. Learners have the advantage of expert tuition, and daily are gaining in speed —one of the essentials in refrigerating work. Some of the union butchers have left the town, but the majority are still there. Their behaviour to date has been exemplary, and although at the start of the trouble there were little incidents that might easily have led to conflict with the forces of law and order, a clash was averted largely owing to the tact displayed by the police and the good sense of the strikers. The strikers v are hoping that pressure from outside may even yet bring about a change in the attitude of the company in the matter of reinstatement. Of that, however, there is no indication. As a result of the strike at Finegand, the workers at the Burnside Freezing Works have been carrying out a “go slow” policy since Friday.

STRIKERS VISIT SOUTH CANTERBURY WORKS.

Per Press Association. TIMARU, April 7. The trouble which is being experienced at the South Otago Freezing Company’s works at Finegand threatened to spread to South Canterbury yesterday, but with the exception of the loss of a few hours’ killing time nothing of a really 6enous nature developed.’ , , It is understood that two men, one being a slaughterman, who were paid off in the south last week, arrived at the Pareora works and endeavoured to get the local men to cease work in sympathy with the southern men. The local men took a vote, and as a result normal killing was resumed at 11.15 o’clock. 1 The stoppage of three hours meant a loss in killing of 2500 sheep which was a great inconvenience, as etock at present are pouring into the works. 1 ." »r The men mentioned later visited the Smithfield Works; where they addressed the slaughtermen at the conclusion of their monthly meeting. It is not known whether a vote was taken, but killing was-resumed.