"NO OTHER COURSE BUT STRIKE."
AUCKLAND, May 15. '■ ■Mr Fraser, President of the Genef ral Laborers' Union, interviewed;; . s?a id that so far = the Federation had received no officialnotification of;the, Waihi strike, but there-was ■ not .the1 slightest'doubt;but that, the affiliated^ Unions, would support. the' ..Waihi' miners in the attitude.taken;.up. 'No .other course was open to theni.-except; .to strike. < In bis opinion ither*& Jwould; ;bo; v found =more behind the_ trouble; than appeared. Different' Unions, in; one industry could hot' bo- tbJerated.i Fifteen >. men could form ai Union -un-| c!er the Arbitration, Act. It was;; impossible to allow 15 men to dictate) to 1500. - Industrial affairs in New; Zealaiid generally were regarded by) Union officials as very unsatisfactoi-y': in many respects... Frequent victimisation was reported from many quarters. There was a possibility of the present trouble extending. The Waihi miners could rest assured of the -solid support- of the1 "Unionists ■jf the Dominion. " . ../,
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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152"NO OTHER COURSE BUT STRIKE." Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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