THE BLACKBALL TROUBLE.
WELLINGTON BOOKBINDERS REFUSE ASSISTANCE. “MINERS ACT IN DEFIANCE OF LAAV.” (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTN, April 1. x the V ellington Bookbinders and I aper Rulers Society considered a letter to-night- asking for assistance ler the Blackball strikers. It was resolved that the Union, being in favor of conciliation and arbitration as a means of settling industrial disputes, cannot see its way to support .the Blackball miners in their defiance of tlie law. MR. HICKEY IN AUCKLAND. ATTACKS WELLINGTON PRESS. AUCKLAND, April 1. Air. Hickey, the miners’ delegate from Blackball, addressed tho Trades ami Labor Council to-night, placing the men’s case before them. He -attacked the AYellington press, and said their accounts were most partial, and they had made a most bitter and unjust attack on the union. The .men had not asked for an •alteration in the crib time, and he challenged the mess or the official!:: of -the m:-'-- *•> y.'d ire any proof -that they had done so. Thev -had simply adhered to what was the general rule t-hrougho'P- tV Ho jle-. dared the mine was shockingly ventilated , uid complained of the method of inspecting •mines'. The Council carried a resolution to -afford moral and financial assistance to the Strikers. ' .
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 2 April 1908, Page 2
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204THE BLACKBALL TROUBLE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2155, 2 April 1908, Page 2
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