SCENE AT COLLIERY
DISPUTE OVER BATHROOM
(Rec. 11.5-5 a.m.J SYDNEY, Aug. 23. Thirty miners marched on the llhondda colliery last night and tore out, the partitions from the old bathroom and completed the construction of the new bathroom. These 30 men were on strike in sympathy with the Rhondda stay-in strikers, who ceased work on Monday morning because their new bathroom was not completed. The Newcastle police were called to the mine and Commonwealth peace officers were also present. The colliery manager later stated: “This lawlessness must be put down. We are taking definite action to end it.”
Completion of the bathroom was planned to end the stay-in strike, but the. Rhondda colliery men are still underground. They came part of the way up the tunnel and discussed the situation with the officers of other district lodges and then took a vote. A majority of the men decided that, although the .bathroom was completed, they would not go to the surface until hot water was available.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 226, 23 August 1945, Page 6
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166SCENE AT COLLIERY Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 226, 23 August 1945, Page 6
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