ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS
MINERS CO ON STRIKE. BLACKBALLERS BLACK* BALLED. Per Press Association. Wellington, November 30. According to advices received in Wellington to-day, the Blackball miners, at a “stop-work” meeting, decided to strike, in opposition to the Conscription Act. They demand its repeal before resuming work, and also demand a 17i per cent, increase in the minimum wage.
It is understood that the strike does not meet with the approval of the Miners’ Federation, which has instructed the Blackball miners to resume work, and has taken steps to prevent the strike spreading to the
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 6, 1 December 1916, Page 5
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92ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 6, 1 December 1916, Page 5
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