MINE STRIKERS.
RETURN TO SURFACE. LONDON, Sept. 14. The Blnntyre ‘'stay-in” strikers returned to tile surface yesterday and were greeted with cheers hv 5000 sympathisers, who walked to toe pit gates and carried them home shoulder-high. The men stated that they were forced to surrender owing to the failure of the pit lights. 4 hey maintained their spirits underground by singing to the accompaniment of a tincan band. One said: ‘‘Seven slices of bread is all I have had since lhursday.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 246, 15 September 1936, Page 7
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81MINE STRIKERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 246, 15 September 1936, Page 7
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