QUESTION FOR MINERS
WORK UNDER STATE CONTROL STATEMENT BY MR WEBB (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 24. “I have received information that an agreement has been reached to hold a secret ballot to-morrow of all men in the Waikato mines to ascertain whether they will work the coalfields under State-controlled conditions.” This statement was made by the Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) to-day. Replying to a question, Mr Webb said he believed the men would vote solidly for work to be resumed, provided the mines are State controlled. The Northern District Union would conduct the ballot. Mr Webb added that the State coalmines produced one-ninth of the total coal output of New Zealand. He did not think that because of the Government’s decision regarding the Waikato mines other privatelyowned mines would desire to be controlled by the State. The Government's decision was not due to any demand by the miners. It was due to the war effort. TRAIN SERVICES IMMEDIATE RESTORATION UNLIKELY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, September 24. Prompt return to work by all the Waikato miners will not mean an immediate restoration of the railway services. The Railways Department says it would probably be a week before full services were restored.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23752, 25 September 1942, Page 4
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