GENERAL TELEGRAMS.
FLAXWOItKERS STETKS. By Telegraph.—Press AssooifttlOh. Palmerstou ST., Last Nighi A mass meeting of flax workari T7j» held here to-day, in connection with the demand for a minimum wage of 15s p»r day, the present rate being a minimum of 13s. A motion was put to the meeting that the strike be confined to the Mltxanui and Weka mills, where there yfer* 200 idle. An amendment was moved that there be a general' strike offlaxmill workers, and this was carried by 209 to 208. This, then, became the motion, and an amendment was moved that tfie'jitriki be confined to the Weka and Meranui ■ ; mills, and that during its continuance » levy bo made on the workers la the mills still in operation, and that a committee be set up to negotiate witH th» employers as a whole with regard to/ the fiaxworkers' claims. The amendment was carried unanimously.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1917, Page 4
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148GENERAL TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1917, Page 4
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