OHAI COAL STRIKE
STATEMENT BY OFFICIALS. (Per Press Association — Copyright.) INVERCARGILL, September 21. In a letter to the press the president ian,d secretary of the Ohai Miners’ Union refer to the statement which appeared in the report of the bridge incident on Monday, namely, that the Company, in the interests of safety, had decided to remove from the mine 150 tons of coal.
The Union officials state that there w,as no question of safety as far as the coal in question is concerned, and they declare -that the main factor behind the whole business was that tlie company did not like losing an opportunity of making a profit during the scarcity of coal, even if they had to repudiate the promise that they had given to the members of the deputies’ union to the effect that the company would not put any coal on the market. The manager of the Linton Company reolies that the company intend to exercise' their own judgment as to wliat is best for the safety of the mine. He adds: “If we wish to draw coal, we shall do so, and, having drawn ooab we shall deal with it as we think fit.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 5
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198OHAI COAL STRIKE Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 5
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