FREEZING WORKERS.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18807, 1 December 1932, Page 8

FREEZING WORKERS.

THE CONFERENCE ABORTIVE. NO DETAILS AVAILABLE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. It is understood that the Dominion Conference yesterday between representatives of the freezing workers and the companies proved abortive. No details are available. LONGBURN WORKS TO OPEN. FREE LABOUR EMPLOYED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, Wednesday. The Longburn Freezing Work's will open to-morrow for the new season’s operations. Twenty slaughtermen have,been engaged, and more free labour will be employed during the next few days, the men coming from an outside district, local unionists having declined to accept the work offering. POSITION AT GISBORNE. COMPANY’S TERMS ACCEPTED. GISBORNE, Wednesday. The waterfront is free of trouble 10-day, the Tiroa hold-up being disposed" of by the unionists accepting mgagement on the company’s terms, stated, while no difficulty vvas found in securing union labour to work the liner Mataroa in tlie’ road-

THE WELLINGTON WORKS. WORK PROCEEDING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Killing was commenced to-day at the Gear Meat Company’s works and at Ngahauranga and Is progressing satisfactorily. At Ngahauranga there were over 100 applications for work on the board. Forty-two men were engaged and the chain-gang system instituted. Union labour was freely offering in other departments apart from the slaughtering. A number of men applied for work at the Gear Meat Company’s works. About half the applicants are union men.