FARMERS UNION.
WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL
EXECUTIVE.
(Per' TJsitep Press Association.)
t PALMERRTON N.. July 28. ■ The Wellington Provincial Executive of. th* Farmers' Union met, at Palmerston North to-day, Mr J. G. Wilson presiding. A largo amount of correspondence in connection--with the shearers' and shod hands' claims was dealt with, and the meeting favoured a. Dominion award beinq made for the shearers. The demands of the shed hands and cooks, as made upon the Canterbury sheen-ownei-fl, .were considered, and generallycondemned. as owing to' the temporan' nature of the work and the emplovment "f a large amount of inexperienced labour, and also to thp diverse conditions prevailing, no award -for shed bands ran give satisfaction. or be "fair, to either owners or workers, and that an award for cooks at shearing time was not practicable, ■
The Shearers' Accommodation Amendment Bill was also considered, and objections made to several of tlio clauses as being unnecessary, and pressing unduly on small settlers. The president was empowered to bring -tho objections against the bill before the branches of the union.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14898, 29 July 1910, Page 5
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