REFUSAL TO WORK
Men in Relief Camp COLD WAS TOO INTENSE By Telegraph—Press Association. Rotorua, August 5. Finding the cold on the Kaingaroa Plains so intense that they were unable to work, 29 men in the single relief workers’ forestry camp, 80 miles from Rotorua, yesterday returned to camp during the morning. At lunch time they were given an opportunity to return to work, but refused to do so. and were discharged. The men reached Rotorua this afternoon, and were paid off this evening. They held a meeting and decided to appeal to be re-engaged. The Conservator of Forestry, Mr. E. M. Morrison, will meet the men’s delegates to-day. It is understood that the men, gener-' ally, are satisfied with the camp conditions, but refuse to be forced to work in the plantations in snow and intense cold.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 12
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138REFUSAL TO WORK Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 12
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