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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1888, 16 September 1921, Page 5

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'ADVICE TO THE" UNION, REGARDED AS tf BLUFF." MEN MORE THAN' SATISFIED, [JIT TsiKjiuni— pMi3 1 mooti'rtoji.] S A PTES, Tfoirnhy. In an interview ton'.n, Mr. C. Prinwv herniary of th<- rJkT-ke'i \Hj Sheff* J owners I nioti, gave ,>n indication, cl tin j filings of th<i fartiwr# of this dintnet jpj rpifrcnfo to thp advice of th* executi** ■>--? tho New Zealand Workers 1 Union sbfareri and shed hands & rtltnip \* - ■ making arrangement undue the I.on Court # recent award. "Incur opinion," nid Mr. p r fe>v, "this threat ij ibjoluto bluff. In tJw &*i placet it is intended to throw dun m t].'e rye* of the public by trying to a . '■•'?. then think the shearers aio tain,; liMaied And wked to accept ridiculously in* rat«« d pay, whereas the <mi majority of the men rcaliso that tin) rates snu fid' • equivalent to tho-o earned tw otc-v workers, ami higher than a,v v uS Uk« .'igaged in the industry can ,U;-,d. -U <> matter of fact, wo know lb 4 4 4 gmt majority of the shrarers-th»4 is, She actual workers, cot officials of the Ufika -are more than satisfied with tuo ward rates. "In many parts of this district shearers are airoady anxiously looking ion work, and have expressed themwivos as perfectly willing to go ahead at award rates. If ,Mr. Grayndlor'j threat, were intended aerioußl,?. nil I can say is.he and tho official* of tfio union word v*ify ill* advised in their o\v.. interest.". Their attempt to hold up earing cwitofc mecoed, both for tho reasons already oi'-n----tioned and by reason or '.he met Uvvt, so many farmers, on acwont of .Imuicial stringency, arc forced to do their ovn shearing. Mr. Gravndler's threat ' II probably bo tho means of inducing o4.rr farmers who are not t •• vaiiy for<xv] >/■ £ 9 so to ('0 their own shearing.'