THE "SMOKE-OH" STRIKE.
d ;i t .-,' £ i'-v/''.V;;;-(^^V-.;y^::;' ; ;:'Hapter,';:Feteuary"*s. : ft ■ " ,■"'■',At:the. Magistrate's.Cowt, : Hastings; .to-: „• day; seventeen .men. were .charged on infofma- ■: l; tioii of the'lnspector- , of 'Awards,. with that .-' being employed vat Thomas Bbrthwick- -and . .T Sons' freezing;'wbrks)i; at .Pakipaki, ■ and \be- ., iiig bound .by>tne Hawke's ■Bay-JTreezing . L' "Works:Awafd^r.they::'did■;go -on-.'strike-v'-on-.. „ jJanuary ;13! "'. .ihe- cases -;aroseJoutfof.' tho- „ recent- differencp' ! between-*th6 .'managor-'andj '■< ■. the fellmongefs-.as .to the spell-irf'the'-indrn-: : .' ing and in..the,afternoon,fin;which'to:smok«V : i ; .The. request- for/- "smoke-oh's"-'was.'granted, < as such, spell .was:'not proyidedvfor.'in the. i p. award,, and the:n?eh: ceaseQ : ,]vofk ; in -batches : ii of five-on the following morning^.--The men's „ (lemand.,-was granted,.'Hhete';:being- : aVlarge' ; J;- ainount' % of w.6rk' on! hand in'ithoYwprks. : .:.The j ? -men: : als'o : 'an 'apology -; " manager <-. for 'Ms':, action^:;: , calling: -vthem v ;.■'■ "curs."- \; v -airv S; : E:i-Sl'Cartliy,: : S:M;;':after- i .' .hearingVCTidmce, , ''Baid:_th'a^.iV:-.iß;as-::oJear;td i I" him that the men had alljcombined aSd.'de-. _■; J cicled .id! G° .6ut- ; in ; '.batphes- of' -Beicon-; '• '!; pccurred}was;a.";stiike.'.vThe' - 1 ■'■: men should- have."either"comffliinicated''mth.- '■ ': the .inspector or' withi ; their l: unionj i -aiid,..not. : f have gone' put.., Judgmeht. was"giTen'agaihs.t;' : ' : e each man for" £1 and. costs.-,.Three;.other / s appear,; were- ; . similarly, .' a dealt'with; ;V" -:.\-U:::;:..,.'::' -■ ,> j'''" ; "'--,'^- : :
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 7
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180THE "SMOKE-OH" STRIKE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 7
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