POSITION AT PAPAROA.
By Telegraph —Pres3 Association. .1 GREYMOUTH, August 2, j There is no change in trie position j of affairs at Paparoa, and the mine is j still idle. t | The miners were prepared to start work on Wednesday rcorning on condition that the manager deposited the j sum of 24?, the amount to be refuncl- J e'd if Messrs Smeaton and Harris, after the enquiry ty a director of the Paparoa Company, are found guilty of wilful neglect. Mr Watson, the general manager cf ih« Paparoa mine, in reply, stated that he was prepared to allow work to be resumed, and let Smeatnn and Harris, the two suspended men, go to work with the rest pending a thor ugh enquiry, which would'be held by a director of the company, but he could not agree to the men's proposal to compensate Smeaton and Hairis, as he was already giving ample concession in permitting them to resume work under the circumstances. This evening the mine manager rrportE that he has heard nothing further from the men, and it is not likely that work will be resumed tomorrow.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10057, 3 August 1910, Page 5
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188POSITION AT PAPAROA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10057, 3 August 1910, Page 5
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