OKAHUKURA STRIKE
AUSTRIAN: FOREMAN RESIGNS. By Telegraph-Press Association. ' ■ ■ Ta'ii'marunul, May 13/ Stephen'-Barhridgc, the Austrian for& man, who discharged the man Cox. at the Okahukura tunnel works, causing a strike, to-day telegraphed, his resignation to Mr. Dillon, the contractor. Bar. bridge also telegraphed the secretary ol the workers' Union: "Being an Austrian subject, through no fault of my own, artd' having the interest of the men at heart, I have terminated my employ, ment." The only thing'in the way of a settlement'now is whether the contrao-. tor will''reinstate Cox. ■ ' [Over "eighty mon employed dh tha Okahukura tunnel works were reported on Thursday to have come out on strilcs on the previous day. It was alleged that an Austrian foreman sacked ono man, and tho others immediately struck: work.] .; . : Later. The men' resumed work at Okahukura tunnel to-day.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2771, 15 May 1916, Page 7
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136OKAHUKURA STRIKE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2771, 15 May 1916, Page 7
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