WORK AT MINE HELD UP
TWO BOYS ORDERED TO REPORT. OBJECTION TAKEN BY THE MEN. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. .Work at the Glen (Afton coal mine, near Huntly, was stopped to-day, and between 6(30 and 700 men have been deprived of work for two days through the miners taking exception to two boys being ordered to report to the tpanager for failing to work full time. The men stated that two boys working on the surface became wet through on Wednesday when attending to the screens, and went home before their allotted time. On returning to work they were told to report to the manager. The men objected to the boys being reprimanded and decided not to work that day as a protest. The management thereupon declared the mine closed until Monday.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1931, Page 7
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134WORK AT MINE HELD UP Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1931, Page 7
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