THE WAIHI STRIKE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 128, 30 May 1918, Page 6

THE WAIHI STRIKE.

OTHER UNIONS CONCERNED. STOP WORK MEETINGS. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) WAJHL this day. Affairs in connection with the Ohinemuri engineers' strike are assuming a somewhat different aspect, in that consideration of the matter is attracting the attention of sister unions. A big meeting of the Ohinemuri Mines and Batteries Employees' Union will be held today, and a stop work meeting of miners wiH take place at ten o'clock. A stop work meeting of Waikino battery hands is to take place this afternoon at two o'clock at Waikino. Much speculation is rife as regards what action may he taken by the Enginedrivere' Union, which comprises all the winding engineers employed at the mines, who are closely associated with engineers now on strike, and also with miners.

LATER.

A stop-work meeting of the Mm. r Union was held this morning, the hall being packed, and the main street had the appearance of sjtrike times of 1912. A majority of the men did not go on shift at one o'clock. The meeting adjourned until 2 p.m. Press representatives were not admitted. It is reported that considerable discussion took place, but nothing definite was decided. It appears that, though sub-section A of section 92 of the Arbitration Act gives the Court power to amend an award, the provisions of subsection 2 of section 93 were not, it is alleged, carried out, in that engineers were not given at least thirty days' notice of an application to amend the award. This, it is contended, constituted an important principle at stake, the engineers having had no notice of any proposed amendment until the same had been made. The Mayor, in response to a requisition signed by the secretary of the Engineers' Union and four business men, has decided to call a public meeting for an early date, to allow representatives of the Miners' Union, Engineers' Society, Winding Engineers and Borough Labourers' Union to express their views in connection with the engineers' dispute. Mr. Harle Giles is expected here this evening to confer with the disputant parties.