TROUBLE IN CAMP.
120 RELIEF MEN DISCHARGED.
INSTRUCTIONS FROM WELLINGTON.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Te Kuiti, Last Night. For some time there has been trouble with single men in a small farm camp at Pururu, eight miles east of Te Kuiti. The climax was reached! at midday on Wednesday, when camp was closed and 120 men were discharged. The men demanded that firewood be cut and placed near their tents and complained of the food. Four men were discharged for creating trouble, and a stopwork meeting was held on Wednesday morning. A secret ballot was taken and it was decided to strike until the discharged men were reinstated. This was refused by the Public Works Department and upon instructions from the head) office at Wellington the camp was closed. In the'meantime the married men are still carrying on. Most of the strikers came from Wellington.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1935, Page 4
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