GOAL MINES TROUBLE.
RESULT OF SECRET BALLOT. fruit PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] AYELLNGTON, Aug. 19. Tho Secret Ballot of Miners, last week, on the question of striking, if a Conference with the mine-owners is not given them, resulted ns follows: For Against
CABTNET’S VIEW.' CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Sir .Tame Allen stated to-day that 1 Cabinet was considering the coal ques tion from the time the miners hew ed it until it got to the coal seller ant consumer. Cabinet has not considoid the question of State control and hi did not see. how that would help. H added that if the miners struck, the; would ho liable to penalties under tli law, and they understood the law per fectly well. Any man who came on on strike would forfeit his cxemptioi right, obtained by reason of his calling
27G 1 Stockton 209 0 State Mine 30G r> Millcrton 274 i Blackball ... 294 14 Tvaitangata 184 17 Nightcaps .. . S3 0 Hikurangi 82 11 ... 43 1 27 1 Huntiv, Tcaatca, and Pukemiro 379 33 Totals 2157 81
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1918, Page 3
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