STRIKE AT BLACKBALL.
TEOUBLE OVER "DOG WATCH. "
(By Telegraph. — Press Association.) GBEYMOUTH, Monday. A strike occurred in the Blackball mine to-day, 850 to 400 men corning out in consequence of the management's refusal to discontinue, the dog watch, known as the night shift, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Both sides are reticent as regards the details. It is understood the Miners , Union refused as a body to "V\ ork unless the dog-watch shift was abolished, with the result that the management accepted the request as an ultimatum. All work is at a standstill to-day. The Blackball Company's steamer Ngahere left loaded to-day for Wellington. The Ngatoro and Petone's movements are now uncertain .
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11755, 19 August 1913, Page 5
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113STRIKE AT BLACKBALL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11755, 19 August 1913, Page 5
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