BUTTER PRICES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20075, 11 October 1920, Page 8

BUTTER PRICES.

RAILWAYMEM'3 PROPOSAL. ■ The following resolution wan passed at a inoetina; of rrihvaymen held at Lyttelton this morning:— combined mass meeting of raihyayracn strongly protests against thfe recent rise in butter and other commodities, and we request all othei organisations, as well as the general Public, to endorse a proposal declaring butter consigned for export ‘black' Until it hag been reduced to its original price or a proportional increase’ in wages is granted to wage-earners, further, we call upon the Government i to, take more drastic measures to prevent profiteering, also to take into - serious consideration the continual rise in'price of the necessaries of life, with tho object of arriving at some solution oPthe alarming difficulty; we also urge the executive councils of the three railway societies to press for an increase in wages to meet the increased cost of 'living that has taken place since tho last negotiations under tho‘Labour Disputes Investigation Act,” RAILWAYMEN’S v - DECISION. 1 ’ [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, October 11. Tho Auckland railwaymen discussed tho question of taking action in reference, to the increase in tho price of , butter, and resolved not to support tho action of tho Wellington branches, but to refer the matter to a general conference to be held in Wellington ou November 1.