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KAILWAYMEN REEUSE TO HANDLE CARGO. FARMERS’ NUMBERS INCREASED. MUCH EXCITEMENT. Received November 1, 5.5 p.m. BRISBANE, Nov. 1. The position in connection with the Port Hardy is complicated by the refusal of the railwaymen to handle coal. They refuse to bring it to the jetty, 'fhc Premier wired that any man refusing duty would be dismissed. The railwaymen, at a meeting, theteupon decided neither to handle the coal themselves nor allow anyone else to handle it. In the event of any dismissals they would strike. Further detachments of farmers have arrived in town. They reiterate their intention to coal the steamer at any cost. There is much excitement, pending developments.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19444, 2 November 1925, Page 9
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