BUTCHERS' GRIEVANCE.
AN UNSATISFACTORY POSITION. [ET teuegtraph.—pbess ASSOCIATION. 3 ' " Waxganci, ■ Wednesday.''" As? interesting case was before the So. | preme Coart - yesterday. Under the , provisions of the - Slaughtering Impec- > tion Act, 1908, the Borough. Council dele-, gated powers to » the Wanganui Freezing: \ Company to establish an abattoir in the town of Wanganni. The freezing company has been , conducting = abattoirs ' sines': : 1302.' Recently the company entered into the retail trade, and the local butchers objected to a continuance of tie powers 'delegated,; to the company. by the Borough Council. They contended that apart, from unsatisfactory management, the f reeling company was given an unfair advantage over other butchers, in that they were made ' aware of i competitors' business. The '* Borough Council -was approached, and asked to. establish an independent abattoir, but refused. Tucker Bros, then took the matter to the Supreme Court, which to-day gave judgment lor the Borough Council and: the company with costs •as on a claim for
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13845, 3 September 1908, Page 6
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