MINERS SIGNING ON AS STEWARDS AMD COOKS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 10 May 1921, Page 5

MINERS SIGNING ON AS STEWARDS AMD COOKS.

UNION ISSUES MANIFESTO

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT (Received May 10, 8.45 a.m.)

LONDON, May 9. *Some miners signed on as stewards and cooks at the old rates for the purpose of sailing on the scheduled dates. The union's manifesto instructs memibers to refuse to sign on at any terms after to-morrow. The dispute must be settled nationally, not piecemeal. The Hon. Mr' Bridge-man stated that ■tho forty-six collieries flooded employed 14,656 men.