HIKURANGI STRIKE.
UNION FINED £2OO. .By TfJegrapJi—Tvess A MOcSatlon, WHANGAREI, Wednesday. Contingent on the recent strike at the Hikurangi coal mines, the Inspector of Awards (Mr Joseph Hollows), Auckland, took proceedings in the Magistrate’s Court at Whangarei against the Hikurangi Coal Miners’ Union to recover £2OO as penalty for breach of the Arbitration Act, on the grounds of abetting unlawful strikes and aiding the continuance thereof; and also against twelve employees of Messrs Foote and Docks mine, where the dispute originated, including the president of the Union, as parties to an unlawful strike. . After hearing lengthy evidence, the Magistrate (Mr J. G. L. _ Hewitt) imposed the maximum fine of £2OO on the Union and £l.O each on the defendant miners. raarwyftiw ranui oasgo.'ngJi.wn
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 12 July 1923, Page 7
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123HIKURANGI STRIKE. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 12 July 1923, Page 7
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