DISPUTE AT HIKURANGI.
FEDERATION'S ATTITUDE.
TALK OF INTERVENTION.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION."]
WELLINGTON. Monday As the miners' dispute at Hikurangi has not been settled it is probable that the Miners' Federation will be interesting itself " in the trouble . unless ; steps are taken to bring it to a satisfactory ending. It is alleged on the men's behalf that there has been victimisation in , connection with notices of dismissal given several employees at Messrs. Foot and Doel,'s mine, and at the end of last week all of the miners at Hikurangi, comprising over 100 men, came out in sympathy with members of the union involved. The Northern District Council of the Miners' Federation has recommended the Hikurangi strikers to return to work and declare Messrs. Foot and Doel's mine " black," but no information has so far been received here as to whether this advice has been acted upon. Mr. P. O'Bourke, secretary of the Miners Federation, stated that his organisation would exert every effort to secure justice for the men concerned and that the tactics of the mine owners would not be taken passively. " There are all the elements of serious trouble in this dispute unless it is fixed up satisfactorily," declared Mr. O'Rourke : ' " '•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18411, 29 May 1923, Page 8
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