BLACKBALL STRIKE.
COLLECTING THE FINES
Per Press Association
Greymouth, June 9. There was a, good deal of excitement in Blackball when the naimt (acting under instructions) submitted to auction the goods seized under a distress warrant tor tne payment of the £75 fine inflicted on the Blackball strikers by the Arbitration Court. , , The miners refused to work, anti observed a day’s holiday. At the time appointed for the sale there was a large attendance at the hall to watch the proceedings. The articles submitted were three bicycles, sewing machines, a duchess chest, and other furniture. . . The bailiff asked for bids, exhibiting the goods to the best advantage, but buyers were scarce. The whole matter was treated as a huge joke, and eventually the lot was knocked down for 12s 6d.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9167, 10 June 1908, Page 8
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130BLACKBALL STRIKE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9167, 10 June 1908, Page 8
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