Case Against Flaxcutter.
ALLEGED) BKIELWH OP A/WAftD. (Per United Press Association.) PAiLMEIROTOW 'n l., 1%: 13. The Labour Department notified •Messrs Broadl and Reeves, flaaaaillers, of their intention to prosecute them for biieaohes of the/ award in dismissing men because they were entitled to the benefits of the award and for a breiaoh of the preference cjLause. I They also intended to test the »aVidity of eontralcfcs to aoutoh flax ait a lower 1 rate than the award.
On Aipril %9bh, 1881, the. Tofaruia wais wrecked on Wimpaipa, Point, and over 100 lives were lost. In one lon* gra,ve 60 of the victims, of this tragedy of the >seia sleep their long last sleieip. The grave is surrounded! by a picket fencle, and a tombstone erected ibyi the sdhiool children of Fortrose school and distirict marks the spot. The cost of the fune-rails and the ptfeotiooi of the fencje was piaid for by the Governinient of the day, it being understood that the local authorities were to see to the spot being kept in order. The pllace is in a dissr'aiceful Btate, and, •writes <ai correspondan,t, should 'be artitetntled to at oncje.
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10420, 13 May 1909, Page 2
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192Case Against Flaxcutter. Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10420, 13 May 1909, Page 2
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