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Strike Means Less
Meat For Britain
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amps caning at Melbourne tor meat ror
Britain this month will leave empty if the
slaughtermen's strike is not settled soon.
Shipping accommodation had
oecn cnartereci lor ouu urns
this month. Only about 600
tons has so far been shipped;
and there is hardly a carcase
In store.
The strike this week has cost,
Britain 2000 tons, and it is 1
officially estimated . that the!
placing of meat into store for
the month will be down by 5500
tons.
Much ol this meat will be a
total loss to Britain because,
many lambs are past their i
prime and producers will hold1
them for shearing.
Only, new development In the
week-old strike today was a
meeting of producer organisa
tions in Melbourne.
WON'T BUDGE
The meeting after a two-hour
discussion, decided that pro
ducers would not budge from a
policy of having the strike
settled by constitutional means.
A spokesman for the publicity
committee of the Meat Industry
Employes' Union said today
that union representatives were
prepared to meet the producers
in conference at any time.
Ho was commenting on to
day's decision by producers that
the strike must be settled by
constitutional means.
Several meat experts said
today that Friday's confer
ence called by Conciliation
Commissioner ICclly would be
unlikely lo succeed because
the matter was one for the
Stale Wages (Export Slaught
ering) Board,
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