RETRENCHMENT
MARTHA MINE ACTION
SHORTENING OF HANDS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.! j WAIHI, August 12. [ Following a review of the position of j the underground and surface workings,! the management of the Martha Gold Mining Company (Waihi), decided this week to dispense with the services of upwards of 30 men. The number is comparatively small in view of the large number of men employed. The men put off will not affect the tonnage, output. On inquiries being made of the management it was explained it was \ merely a policy of retrenchment. | The secretary of the Ohinemuri Mines and Batteries Union, when interviewed today, explained that the men involved were both married and single, and that the union was getting into communication with the placement officer in Paeroa with a view to arranging for the displaced men being given work at Waihi under scheme 13.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 38, 14 August 1939, Page 5
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143RETRENCHMENT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 38, 14 August 1939, Page 5
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