SLAUGHTERING SEASON

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10086, 27 September 1918, Page 3

SLAUGHTERING SEASON

HINT OF TROUBLE. . IMPORTED SLAUGHTERMEN AND A SHORT. SEASON. _ -i Tho, slaughtering season commence* about the end of next month, and, according to a statement made by ?.a official of the ' b reezing Union tij a ‘Hew Zealand Times” reporter day there is every possibility of serious trouble arising with the advent of Australian slaughtermen. ‘ r The position is this,” stated .the- union official. cording to Government figures thoistor. ago space for the killing season will la just a little over half what it was Hast season. Last season there was space for 51 million carcases: this year there is only space for 2.857,000. .carcases. This means that the season will extend over only half the period that it did last year. In face of this there is ro necessity whatever tqjiring Australians across for tho season because the men can do the work themselves. In .Spite of this preparations are being made by Australians to come over here for the coming season. The indications are that there will ho serious trouble at some of the works if these men arrive. Last season no Australians were 'employed in Poverty Bay. Hawke’s Bay, Otago or Southland. The Australians were employed in only four sheds in Wellington and two in Canterbury. The present indications are that the men in South Canterbury will not work 'with the Australians.