AFTER THE STRIKE.
Miners Make Records. G'RiEYMOUTH, May 23. The “Go-Slow" policy at the coal mines has given place to best efforts with the result that records have-bean established for the number of men now employed bo much so that last u eok owing to want of shipping enforced idleness resulted at some of the mines. The miners delegates returned from the Wellington conference, and met their Unions at Blackball, Raparoa and Stato mines. After deliberation it was resolved to accept separate agreements between each mine owner and its union until after the war. This means that separate unions will act outside of the Federation. At the same time the delegates aro reported .to havo informed their unions that the Federation executive trusts that individual unions wll arrange terms without any further strikes. It is plain the bulk of the miners have decided to take a definite step to show the country shall not fee held up for want of coal,
Found Dead. Gore, May 24 j§ Mr J. A. Yule, commission agent, aged 53 year?, was found dead during the morning. He bad evidently stumbled into a ditch, hia n9ck being dislocated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1917, Page 3
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193AFTER THE STRIKE. Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1917, Page 3
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