STRIKE OF FISHERMEN
CHATHAM ISLANDS TROUBLE
CATCH THROWN OVERBOARD [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHKI'jTCHURCH. Monday A strike among the fishermen fishiug for the trawler South Sea at the Chatham Islands is reported, as a. result of the,,men seeking an increase in the price of fish from Jd a. lb. t<s» Id. It is alleged, according to reports by the steamer Tees, that four new fishermen who began work for the trawler were prevented from fishhig by the strikers, who threw their catch overboard, and that the men in the South Sea had to seek protection front the constable at Waitangi.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21742, 6 March 1934, Page 8
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