COAL TROUBLE
$ ' COAL MINES IDLE.
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association ,
INVERCARGILL, June 7
All coal mines in.Ohai and Nightcaps ditsrict are idle as the result of the men striking in sympathy with the northern miners. The owners do not anticipate a. protracted strike.
IN THE BULLER DISTRICT.
AVESTPORT, June 7
Den’ll is ton and Millerton coalmines are idle to-day in sympathy with the northern miners. A meeting at Denniston last night decided on no work until the owners’ proposals were withdrawn, or substantially modified. The position is similar, at Millerton. The Stockton Union held a meeting tod'Ay. The decision,,.is not known but it is expected they l ; will lull in line with the’ others. fyU
-RE AS ONE FOR THE STRIKI-
AUCKLAND, June 7
The president of the Coal Aline Owners’ Federation (Air W. D. Holgate), asked to : 'comment on the mine stoppage, said: “I have nothing to state other than that I consider the strike is on the question of owners insisting upontheir rights of taking on men most suitable- for the job, and of dismissing men when they have no work for them.”
Coal supplies in Auckland are considered -sufficient to I'-a-t for a considerable time. ' _ . -
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 June 1932, Page 6
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