HIKURANGI MINES IDLE.
EMPLOYEES CEASE WORK. DISPUTE OVER A DISMISSAL. y Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, this day. Work ceased at Wilson's mines, Hikurangi, last evening, following the dismissal of a trucker on account of lack of work. -. The men agreed to share the 1 work, thereby giving the discharged - man au opportunity to earn a livelihood, but the manager would not agree to the proposal. Both miners and truckers, about 150 in all, then ceased work. , £ nieeting of the Miners' Union was tkJn morning to consider the posiThe works manager, interviewed this morning, stated that the anan concerned was employed three months ago as a I casual labourer, and, work being slack, [the mme manager put him off,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1928, Page 9
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117HIKURANGI MINES IDLE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1928, Page 9
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