“THE TWO STRIKES"
(To the Editor) Sir,—l read in to-night’s ■'Evening Mail,” the National Party candidate’s reply to a letter in Monday’s paper. I wonder if he can give an opinion of his own or is he just another S. G. Holland yes-man? In all letters written about the “Two Strikes’ ’in recent weeks the bone of contention seems to be, should the miners have been gaoled or not? May I suggest to these writers that they should think more of the safety of New Zealand and the war effort. According to those who should know, 60 factories would have had their guns spiked if the strike had gone on another week. Now, sir, I would like to know, if the miners at fault had been imprisoned, could 1100 more miners have been found to take their place, also, if found, could they have been set to work to turn out sufficient coal to keep all the factories going in the space of one short week? If not, then for heaven’s sake let those writers to “The Mail” dry up and give credit to those who had pluck enough to crawl for New Zealand’s war effort.—l am, etc., R- J. CARTER. Nelson, 13th October.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 15 October 1942, Page 6
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