ON THE WEST COAST.
Westport, Monday. It is over four weeks since the general strike was proclaimed on the West Coast, and since then the wheels of industry have come to a complete standstill. In the Grey district alone it is estimated that £27,850 has been lost in wages. To this has to be added the indirect loss, large numbers of small employers having reduced hands. If the loss in the Bailer district is, where the situation is extremely acute, added the amount for the first month falls little short of'£7o,ooo. The most alarming feature is that there isgiio immediate prospect of re-openmg of the mines which are in any case not likely to regain their normal output for six months. All supplies for Greymouth and the immediate vicinity are brought in via Hokitika, where the waterside workersare reaping a rich harvest. The local merchants are simply handing on the extra charges thus occasioned to the consumers.
Only one sawmill is running. The remainder are lying idle behind full skids, containing in the aggregate 4,000,000 ft of timber. The Defender's arrival at Westport on Monday last with supplies staved off the threatened famine.
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Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 December 1913, Page 3
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193ON THE WEST COAST. Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 9 December 1913, Page 3
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