FARMERS DETERMINED
FREEZING WORKS HOLD-UP. KILLING TO BE RESUMED TO-DAY. PER PRESS. ASSOCIATION. TIMARU, July 2. Arrangements have been made for the resumption of work at the Pareora and Smithfield freezing works on Monday, after about a fortnight’s hold-up by the butchers, who went on strike. Free labour is to be employed, mostly farmers and their sons, who are offering in plenty. It is estimated that there are sufficient sheep for about three weeks’ work. Some farmers declare that if any trouble arises, consequent on their killing, they are prepared to load the ships also. Killing will be on the team system.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST STRIKERS.
The Labour Department Is taking action against freezing workers on strike at Napier, Timaru, Christchurch, Oamairu, Dunedin, and Invercargill. Informations have been laid in a large number of cases, and court proceedings will follow m due course.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11252, 3 July 1922, Page 6
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