GRAVEDIGGERS' STRIKE.
J' STRANGE SCENE IN DERBY. I A. and N.Z. J.027D0N, May 11. r a strange scene was witnessed -at • Derby, where mourners had to fill in.the » grave ' after an interment owing to ■ a ' strike of gravediggers for increased i wages. " v ■ Until -a settlement is reached the s bereaved persons must dig the graves for thaif deceased relatives. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 9
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61GRAVEDIGGERS' STRIKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18707, 13 May 1924, Page 9
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