MINERS STOP WORK
PROTEST AGAINST REMOVAL OF DOCTOR (P.A.) AUCKLAND, April 6. The Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb), commenting on a stoppage of work by miners at Hikurangi as a protest against the removal of the sole doctor for the district, expressed regret at the men’s action. Last week, he said, the miners had interviewed him about the need for a doctor, and he said he would discuss the position with the Minister of Health (the Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer) when he returned to Wellington. The men had done wrong in stopping work. He added that he realised that mining was . dangerous and that in the event of an accident or any mining disaster many lives could be lost in the absence of a doctor. While the men had a legitimate case in asking for a doctor, it did not improve their case by slopping work. The Health Department was at present doing its best to obtain a doctor for the district, and he hoped the men would return to work immediatcly.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23916, 7 April 1943, Page 4
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