SERIOUS STATE.
TROUBLE BREWING DOWN THE WEST COAST.
PEE PBESS ASSOCIATION. Reef ton, Alay 18. -Serious trouble has arisen in the mines heire. It lias long been tu.moured that a consolidated group ot mineowners intended makmg the men work the- mines single-handed, to which the miners strongly object, as the work is dangerous, owing to vibration acting on the surrounding rc'k, and the likelihood of accidents, There are other reasons also. Ihis Globe and Energetic Alines were ordered to work tlie hoppers single-han-ded They all refused, and were given their (time. Twenty men liace returned from the Energetic and thirty from the Globe-. There is great excitement in the town. It is almost sure that further trouble .will eventuate. News from the Globe mine states that feeling is very strong there. Public opinion is greatly in favour of the men.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 1797, 18 May 1912, Page 3
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