THE WAIHI STRIKE.
CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Waihi, Friday. Evidence in connection' with the Reef- * ton popper question was taken here yesterday, to be.used at the hearing of the mining dispute cases at Reefton -on the 11th inst. ' ,: Mr. Williams, assistant superintendent - of the Waihi Company, Mr.' Gilmoiir, .; mine manager, and Mr. McConaehie, manager of the Grand Junction Mine, gave evidence that the AVaugh popper drill was one-man work, and that ing three years at "Waihi there had not been an accident. Mr. Paul, mine inspector, said he had. . not seen a man at Waihi working the Waugh hammer drill single-handed, : ' Mr. Parry, president of the union,' : gave similar evidence, and other miners testified that they could not successfully use poppers single-handed. ' ''""'
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 318, 6 July 1912, Page 5
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123THE WAIHI STRIKE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 318, 6 July 1912, Page 5
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