TROUBLE AT MINE

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18359, 19 June 1931, Page 6

TROUBLE AT MINE

CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY. DISPUTE AT GLEN AFTON. Between GOO and 700 miners at Glen Alton ceased work yesterday. The men stated that two boys, working on the surface, became wet through on Wednesday when attending to the screens and went home before their allotted time. On returning to work yesterday they were told to report to the manager. The men objected to the boys being reprimanded and decided not to work that day. The management thereupon declared- the mine closed until Monday. Mr G. M. Riehwhitc, a director of Glen Al'ton Collieries, Limited, slated last evening that, according to the information he had received, two boys had left Iheir work ,at 3.30 p.m. instead of 4 p.m., and that llie next morning' one boy reported for duly 10 minutes late and the other 20 minutes late. They were both sent by the foreman to the manager’s office. Objecting to the hoys being reprimanded, the men thereupon went on strike. The company had a rule, that in llie event of a. stoppage of work occurring without due notice being given lo llie management, Llie mine would lie shut down for the remainder of llie week. The mine was therefore closed until Monday. The loss to the men in wages, lie said, would amount to approximately £I2OO.