STRIKE THREATENED AT OHAKEA.
"If we don 't get our way by s a.m tomorrow we will go completely oi. strike," stated a spokesiimn for :h airmen at the R.N.Z.A.F. statiou Oliake;.yesterday, wlien coinnienting on tlu t'act that an order received t'rom Ai. Departinent. Wellington, required i.l R.X.Z.A.F. statiou slafl's to work oi Satunhiy mornings. Veslerday tliree protest meetings lasi ing about 15 minutes eacli were lield 1/ the airmen on the statiou with the Sla lion Warrant Otlicer in atteudaiice atul it is reported that tiie nien were biilc in tlieir comments. Promises were mad to all ranks during the day regarding recousiderat ion of the order but iiothing liad been forlhcomiiig up to last oven ing. It is believed that word is expeci ed from Air Departinent regarding tluoider, but the airmen are adaniant ia their stated inteiition of going on strike if word is not received by S a.m. today. Vestenlay morning ihe ainuen udoiit ed a go-slow policy in tlieir work. Wlien asked to make a statemont l(. "The Tiines" yesterday morning, tio ruinniaiiding oflicer of the statiou (iroup Captain R. d. Colien, A.F.C.. stated that he knew aothing of a goslow policy on the part of the airmen but thought it "was wishful thinkiuu on the part of a I'ew harebraiue.l tvpes. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 September 1946, Page 6
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