LAKE COLERIDGE STRIKE
ATTEMPTS AT SETTLKMKXT FAIL. (By Tcleyraph — Pres.r, Association.) CI-UtrSTOHUiiCH, Last Xi ff ht. Ilcports IVcm Lake that tho attempts at tlio settlement of the strike have proved abortive. Mr McWilliams, tho contractor, agreed to the reinstatement of En-gine-driver Eankin, to provide i bathrooms and change, roams immediately, place ladders in tho shafts, remstut"* all striker:;, pay "t'-'iio am\ N n half overtime, double time on Sundays, am! reeoe;:me tho Labourers' Union. Tho strikers demanded tho dismissal of two carpenters; who had boon working diirinji the strike. Mr .McVv'ilJiams declined, on th.e ground that thoso men we're working under an arbitration awa'id, a.::d lie Jiad no right to dismiss tiicui. The strikers thereupon declined to resume. It is understood the carpenters applied to their Union for directions on the commencement of the strike, and were told to continue work.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 2 October 1912, Page 6
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141LAKE COLERIDGE STRIKE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 2 October 1912, Page 6
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