NIGHT SHIFT AT WAIHI.
MEN FAVOUR PROPOSAL WORK FOR IDLE MINERS. [by telegraph—own correspondent.] WAIHL Friday. Complete returns in connection with the ballot taken under the auspices of the Ohinerauri Mines s>nd Batteries Union on the question of the reintroduction of the night shift, consequent upon the closing down of the Grand Junction battery, show that 203 votes were cast in favour_of the proposal and 114 against, giving a majority of 89. The Mayor (Mr. Donaldson)-, expects to leave Waihi to-morrow to interview the Minister for Public' Works, Hon. J. G. Coates, relative to the employment on the Waihi-Tauranga section of tho East Coast railway of men who cannot procure work here. The Auckland Railway League has arranged the interview, and will support Mr. Donaldson.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 8
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125NIGHT SHIFT AT WAIHI. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 8
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