DISPUTE AT TAIHAPE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 7

DISPUTE AT TAIHAPE.

BOX MILL STILL IDLK. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS - ASSOCIATION: TAIHAPE. Wednesday. In accordance with the decision reached at a previous meeting, the- employers of the Egmont Box Company's mill at Ohutu ceased work on Friday evening, as no reply which they regarded as satisfactory had b°en - received from the company up till that time. A meeting. was held on Friday evening to consider the reply received from the managing director of the company to the effect,that the company now understood the position, and that the managing director would meet the men on Wednesday.

The executive of the i union strongly advised the men to remain at work until the matter was definitely settled, but the men considered that the negotiations with the company had been unduly protracted, and that the - closing down of the works would be entirely the fault of the company, as the men had waited long enough for a definite reply to their request. This was that the King Country Sawmill Workers' Union, which has its headquarters at Ohutu, should be recognised by the company. The position now is that the works have been closed down since Friday, but it i 8 probable that the matter in dispute may be satisfactorily settled to-morrow, when the managing director of the company will endeavour to meet the men.