THE PRICE OF MEAT
HOW SYDNEY WHARF MEN EXPECT TO GUT REDUCTION.
SYDNEY, July 22,
Wharf laborers allege that a “ring” is sending the primest meat to London, where it is sold for less than inferior meat fetches here.
They threaten, unless the price of meat is reduced to a reasonable price, to strike against handling any frozen shipments. The feeHng in shipping circles is that the real cause of the unrest is a desire for a further increase in wages.
UNION OFFICIALS AGAINST STRIKE.
(Received July 22, 10.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 22.
The Wharf Laborers’ Union officials are turning a cold shoulder to the suggested strike as a protest against th,e dearness of meat. Tho secretary declares that if action bo taken by a section of tho men it cannot be regarded as the act of the union.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 7
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139THE PRICE OF MEAT New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 7
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