COLLIERS ON STRIKE
SYDNEY., October 25. » The Clifton "colliery • has been idle for some time owing to the miners refusing to Tr-ork while' two men~ wjib refused to pay, jmea 'inflicted,, by the" Miners' Union for*, alleged bi>eache>s« of tbe rules were re-] tamed. Summonses were issued against!' 187 employees on a charge -of absenting] themselves from employment , without*" teave. The first case was opened to-day, andS* was adjourned. Counsel for the defence stated: "Wo have exhausted all hope, of a settlement'^ and ifc must now be a fight to a finish." ' It is reported that the strikers are relying on promises of financial support from other colliery districts, and wider complications are not improbable.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 24
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COLLIERS ON STRIKE
Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 24
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