TUNNELLERS’ WAGES
STRIKE THREATENED. MANY MEN AFFECTED ON WEST COAST. WESTPORT. April 17. As the result of trouble over the rates of pay for men engaged on tunnelling work, the workers on the Westport-Inangahua railway line held a stop-work meeting this aft rnoon. About 300 men are affected so far, and it is believed that there will he a strike. ULTIMATUM BY TANGARAKAU WORKERS. NEW PLYMOUTH, April 17. An ultimatum that unless their-de-mands are acceded to hv Tuesday they will down tool s will bo sent to the I J ul> lie Works Department hv the Tangarakati tiiimcllers on the Stratford railway, who held a secret- ballot, to d"eide their policy following the reduction in wages.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1931, Page 3
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116TUNNELLERS’ WAGES Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1931, Page 3
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