GRAVEDIGGERS’ STRIKE.
o Press Association—Copyright Newark,’ April 9. The grave-diggers’ sit.dovPn strike has spread to the Catholic cemetery. Elghlt burials were scheduled to-day. but only two graves were dug. A child's coffin was left in an open grave for more than an hour before it was covered by volunteers. The wage demands' later granted, but Ithe strikers refused 'to work until a settlement was reached at North Arlington. They agreed to leave the cemetery, but said Hlh,=|y would institute pickets to-morrow.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 5
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81GRAVEDIGGERS’ STRIKE. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 5
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