LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14221, 11 June 1910, Page 5

LABOUR.

WOOLLEN TRADE CRISIS. Press Association-Bv Tsleuraph-OonvrieM LONDON, June 10T Tlie employers of the Yorkshire woollen trade, unlike the workers, refused to meet Mr G. B, Askwith (of th» Board of Trade) at Huddersfield, and a strike is now certain.

THE BRITISH BOYS. Per Press Association. .AUCKLAND, June 10. J. no question of the immigration of boys from Great Britain was a prim dfs. cussed at this afternoon's m«tinc of the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Asspriatioii. The chairman (Mr txray) said he had noticed that soma men were opposing tlio scheme. Certain members of Parliament were already raisins a protest, and they had no doubt road the extraordinary telecram sent to the Prime Minis'tor by Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P. The farmers could not get hoys to follow agricultural pursuits, yet Mr Tavlor at once sent a protest on the ground that there were hoys in New Zealand wantinz work.

.Mr J. n. Walters: Mr Taylor is smiiily trying to catch the labour vote. Mr Gray: It is only proposed to bring about 50 of these boys and it might be a means of petting up food settlers It is a pity that cold wntor should be thrown upon the scheme. Mr Amburg said that farmers lverj not going to be tied down to stipulated wages nor to a three years' agreements AVhcn the boys ca.me out here knowing absolutely nothing about the worS they bad to do, for some considerable time they would not he worth anytMnffl at all.