DISPUTE IN MINE
COAL OUTPUT RESTRICTION
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, 4th August. As a result of the dismissal of soven moil at the Wairakci Coal Company miuc, tho remaining twenty, it is stated, have decided to '' down tools in a sympathy strike. According to a statement issued by the manager (Mr. J. T. Mosley), the men held a stop-work meeting on 21st July, and the management had good reason to believe that they passed a resolution limiting their output to eight boxes per man per day in solid work, and ten in pillars and tops. At a special general meeting of the Nightcaps District Miners' Union yesterday the following resolution was carried unanimously: "That in the event of the Wairakei men rojeeting tlie owners' terms they would receive, both the financial and moral 'support of the whole district."
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1930, Page 11
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DISPUTE IN MINE
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 31, 5 August 1930, Page 11
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