TWO-DAY STOPPAGE AT MINE
RESUMPTION OF WORK TO-DAY (P.A.) AUCKLAND, June 2. The MacDonald mine at Huntly was idle again to-day for the second day running. The men held a stop-work meeting at the mine this morning, and it did not conclude until about 12.30 p.m., after which the men returned to their homes.
Stop-work meetings were also held on the’ three previous mornings to discuss the complaints of two men about the working conditions in their places. This morning an inspection of the mine was made bv. Mr J. Devlin, acting secretary of the National Council of United Mine Workers, and the workers’ inspector. Their report on the conditions was presented to the meeting of employees to-day. and was accepted, and the mine declared open for work to-morrow, when it is anticipated that work will be resumed. It is understood that the loss of output this week is about 1500 tons. There are approximately 250 men employed in the mine. The other mines in the district were working as usual to-day.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25552, 3 June 1944, Page 6
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