State Coal Mine Idle
Presd Assoclafwn)
(Per
GREYMOUTH, March 9. The Btrongmnn Slute coal mine wa idle today iii unusual circunistttnces The liiiners at'ter u meeting at thv batli house went into ihe mine for work. but the depulies reJlused to go to wor. until a niatter in dispute betwcen the miners and themselves had been settled and the miners had therefore to returi. home. The trouble arose tlirough a meniber of the -Miners' Union beilig reprinianded vesterday bccause he al legedlv spenl too much time away from liis particular place of work. It .is state that a deputy asked tlie man eoncei'ned to report to tlie manager of the min but the man refused to do so. ' This luorning the deputies souglit a Conference between tlie man concerned tlie manager aiul ropresentatiyes of t'm deputies in an endeavour to avoid u recurrence of vesterdav 's incident, but I efforts to bring about sucli a lueeting ,Avere misuccessful, AYlien the deputitC Jcttrfied that llie man had gone into the mine tlley" i-efused to ,follo\v and the rniiie was coiisetjueiitly idled. No in dieations are a\ ailable vet as to whether the mine will work tomorrow.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1948, Page 5
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195State Coal Mine Idle Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1948, Page 5
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