MANY MINERS STAY AWAY
AUCKLAND, Jan. 9. Fewer than lialf the coal niiuers in ■the Huntly distriet returned to work today whexx the nxines resumed operation after the three, weelcs' Christiuas recess. ' They were elosed on Pecember 18. It is expected that most of the men will report for duty on klunday morning when they tviii be able to .begin their regular weekly routine. An oflicial of the 51ines Department said that the men luid refused an otl'er made in December of doulxle pay if they returned to work on Jarxuary 5. He feit that many meu did not wish to st-art on Tkursdav, work for two days and then lciioek olf again for the weekend. Only about lialf the mines' normal outputs were lxewn today. At Taupiri Lhe ligure was 392 tons compared with 780 tons on a normal day and at Glen Afton where* the nornxal daily output xs 900 tons, 310 tons were produeed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1948, Page 5
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