MAXIMUM FINE
IMPOSED .ON HIKURANGI COAL MINERS-UNION.
(BT ttLEGRAPB.—I'RESS ASSOCIATION.)
WHANGAUEI, This Day
Contingent on the recent strike by*the Hikurangi coal miners, the Inspector of Awards (Mr. Joseph Hollows,-of. Auckland) took proceedings in the Whangarei Magistrate's Court against the Hikursnsi Coal Miners' Union to recover £200 as a penalty for abroach of the Arbitration Act on the ground of abetting an unlawful strike and aiding the continuance thereof; also against twelve employees of ■Foole and Doel's' mine (where the dispute originated), including the president of the union, as parties to an unlawful strike. After hearing lengthy evidence, the Magistrate /Mi-. Hewitt) imposed tlio maximum fine of £200 on the union and £10 each on the defendant minors.:
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1923, Page 6
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117MAXIMUM FINE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1923, Page 6
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