7d Boycotters Win Victory
GREYMOUTH, Tue. (P.A.) Boycotters of 7d beer had a “victory” at ! the Dobson and Wallsend State Coal I Mines this morning. | The two men who declined to observe the boycott, one at each mine. ! decided to return home when again I confronted with the union decision not i to work with them. | Both men concernecl are stated to ■ have admitted breaking the beer boy- | cott. j Both mines were idle yesterday when the men decided not to work with the two men in question. It is understood that at the Dobson men's meeting this morning, the mod | requested that the man concerned, if | he decided to work, be given a job in which he would not come in contact with the other workmen, and intimated ; that they would not work with him or j speak to him. ! They further requested that he be I given special conveyance in and out j of the mine. i In the circumstances the man conj corned elected, in the union's phrase, i to "go down the road.” I It is understood that similar circumI'stances occurred at the Wallsend mine. ; Both mines were working todav. ! I
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Northern Advocate, 25 November 1947, Page 3
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1957d Boycotters Win Victory Northern Advocate, 25 November 1947, Page 3
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