STRIKE ACTION VETOED.
WAIHI MINERS' DECISION. 5 ;; ?>s, ■ ■/• ; . '•' . /■■: v •■/ \.-. : .'■■."■,}■■■ /,| • SATURDAY'S MASS MEETING. i f ■ \ : r"' r . :■'■ r' ; " ;: i- "■ ■■ /"■■■. ■' .. ■; "GO-SLOW^'. POLICY REPORTED j ',•■ [BY . TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]: 1 ' , ' ' WAIHI, Saturday. . j A nvass meeting of members ;of the j Ohinemari Mines and -'Batteries Em- . ployees'..-. Union ' and other: uiiions associated ;. : .;with the mining industry in the Waihi field, : ; was : held this morning to consider ; the position of men whose ;;wages , had been reduced by the recent award of the ;•;. Arbitration Court. 'There was :a - crowded > : attendance, and . the discussion ,';- extended !-.;. over three -hours./'; {'•:"'•; ; - ' -' • 'Later, the secretary of the :.: Miners' ?'■ Union, Mr. A. Parker, stated that the I men had decided against a strike. . This was the only official information . : given out, but ; it is unofficially, reported i that the contractors who. are responsible t for; the winning of ore decided to express their sympathy with the .wage workers ' who suffered the cut by adopting a form , of "go-slow" in quarts production. ;; - If such action were carried out, it J would materially redace the gold output r from the 'mines. '"'".• v i. •'"■. : " ' "' ' ' '■"■'•■■' :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 6
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180STRIKE ACTION VETOED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 6
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