STRIKE IN TONGA.
— o— DEMAND FOR HIGHER WAGES. Ut TEi.r.ciurn.—PßKo3 association.) Auckland, Juno 17. Tho Nukua correspondent of the ''Herald" reports that about 40 of the natives employed by tho Tojignn Government on road formation wont out on strike ;t fortnight ago. They were getting iis. 'per dav, and demanded a riao of Is., which was denlmed. _ "Blackleg" labour was obtained to till tlioir places^
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 227, 18 June 1908, Page 9
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65STRIKE IN TONGA. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 227, 18 June 1908, Page 9
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