MINERS' DOG WATCH.
STRIKE AT BLACKBALL. FOUR -CUJ-XaRED MEN OUT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) GREYMOCTII .this day. A strike occurred at the Blackball mine to-day. 350 to 400 men coming out in consequence of the management's refusal to discontinue tlie dog watch, known us the night shift—lo p.m. to (1 a.m. Both sides are reticent as regards details, it is undorslof-d Thar, tlie Miners' Union refused nn a body to work unless the, dog watch shift wa sabolished, and the management accepted their request as an ultimatum. Al! work is at a standstill to-day. The. Blackball Company's steamer Ngahere left loaded to-day" for Wellington. The Ngatoro and Petone's movements are now uncertain.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 196, 18 August 1913, Page 7
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111MINERS' DOG WATCH. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 196, 18 August 1913, Page 7
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