THE SOUTHERN STRIKE
JIEX REFUSE TO WORK
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
nUNEDTN Last NiVht
The strike of truckers, involving <i:u almost complete cessation of work at the Kaitangata mine. continues. Tlio management posted a notice to-day tliafc all employees who absent thernselvc:: 011 Tuesday, except through illness, will be considered to have disobeyed instructions, and will be. dismissed. Such men will be paid off oil Thursday. A meeting of employees was held subsequently, to consider a course of action. There were about 110 out of some 320 employees present. The meeting, wliich was private, lasted over two hours, and was then adjourned till Tuesday lnominer. T t i« m>derstood that it was decided, by 103 votes to 5, to continue the stn'ke. A resolution was also nassed that the miners would not truck coal in the absence of the truckers. About 96 men wen+- down tl"> jt>'"6 tbi l ?, morning, and about 21 in th« afternoon( these numbers being slightly greater than t.h--* mmnb-er on Friday. Tbf> Castle Hill mine is in full swing. The Labour Department has been commnwith, with the object of pro- > scctiting the strikers.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10692, 13 August 1912, Page 5
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187THE SOUTHERN STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10692, 13 August 1912, Page 5
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