WAIHI STRIKERS.
■©■ THE KAFFIR. ALLEGATION. "UNFOUNDED AND FARCICAL." Pep. Prxss Association - . AX7CKLAND. Sept. 2S. Mr R.lifdes, manattintr director of th? ■\V.iilii Company, says that Mr Scn'.p'o's statement about the employment of Kaffir miners is 'unfounded and farcical. PRISONERS CHIEFLY AUSTRALIANS. It ~s interesting to note (stivs .-. Wailii i eorrest-nndent of th> \Vo!lin:rean "Kvenj intt Pet"! th-t- of tht? forty-tive strikers I who w.nt- to rather than enter into jit fortral bt nd of .€l r > t; keep t!:o pence, I twentv-four are Afstralla'is sral only j thirteen are New Zetlauder-.. Tlio rest j of the party compr's-.s ttvo Englishmen, ,' two It-i-h:tion. one C'nadian. one Gerj man. 0110 Avr'raii. aiid one Pane. The pro-nr.-'on works out -t 53.3 per coni. lof AttsirnMtins and 2?.S per cent, of j Xo-.v Another point that t st-'lns tttt'-irion in p-rusintr t-1i« official I index of th~ ijarW strikers is th-.t ninc- . teen, or 42.2 per cent., declare theni- ' selves as having "no relifrion." Strike pay lias been increased to £2 per week for married men at AVaihi and Peeftm. There are now ehont S'T> tren I on the nay sheet. OSO ft- Wnihi and 150 :at Peefton. Tlie total so far received ' in striko pay levies Is £I7OO. ■
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14858, 30 September 1912, Page 2
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204WAIHI STRIKERS. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVI, Issue 14858, 30 September 1912, Page 2
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