MINERS RESUME WORK
RELIEF AT HIKURANGI COLLIERY DISPUTE OVER Two hundred men who went on strike at Wilson’s Collieries, Hikurangi, on March 5, resumed work this morning. A settlement was arrived at after a conference on Wednesday afternoon with the representatives of the owners, but work was not resumed yesterday morning, as expected. When the strike began, there was every likelihood that Hikurangi town would suffer severely. Two hundred men employed by the Hikurangi Coal Company were already out of work as a result of flooding in the mine. The strike meant that 400 workers were idle. Practically the whole of the town was associated with the two big business concerns. The replacing of two men working on the coal face with two shift men caused the strike. Negotiations for settlement were begun immediately and it was not expected that the dispute would be of long duration. During the 10 days of the strike no great fears were felt for regular cement supplies from Wilson’s. The coal for the cement works came from the collieries. An official of Wilson’s stated to The Sun this morning that the end of the dispute was welcomed, but he would not comment on the effect the strike had had.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 613, 15 March 1929, Page 1
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205MINERS RESUME WORK Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 613, 15 March 1929, Page 1
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