MINERS STRIKE.
Blackball Men Out WANT REFERENDUM ON CONSCRIPTION. STATE MINES QUIET. (Per Press Association.) GREYMOUTH, Last Night The chairman and secretary of the Blackball Miners' Union waited on the mine manager at Blackball this afternoon, informing him that the
miners did not intend to resume work until a referendum on the conscription question was taken. The mine was idle all day, no workmen entering the pit. Everything is quiet in the township. At the State Mines at Rewanui work is proceeding as usual, and everything is quiet there, although last evening a meeting of miners was held and a resolution passed to the effect that if men were conscripted the remainder would "down tools."
Work is proceeding satisfactorily on the water front, although many rumours are afloat.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13564, 1 December 1916, Page 5
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128MINERS STRIKE. Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13564, 1 December 1916, Page 5
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