MINING TROUBLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10716, 29 October 1912, Page 5

MINING TROUBLES.

THK NORTHERN DEVELOPSKVJ*. tti* l«>i&ifrßoti —4 Kirwriation.l WAIHI, Last Night. A we-li-attended meeting of miners working under the arbitration lavs was held here on Saturday, to elect officers. Tie men were enthusiastic, ] 'and•expressed- satisfaction at the pjo-| grflsg bei3tg'' mad«r'-br''the'' secretary, who had been lco.pt busy enrolling nam es subscriptions. It is thai a l ' number of loealmen will enrol in. the course of the next few days. At a meeting at Waikino, a number of n«vy names were handed in for membership, i All credit has been stopped at Karangahako. owing to the recent stoppage of woi'k at the Talisman mine. Transmission polies in connectio;) with tho Waihi Company's electrical ( ''power scheme are now within three j miles of Waihi. ' The installation i s expected to he j ready early next year. During the usual demonstration accorded the workers coming off shift, this afternoon, a youth snapshotted prominent Ruffrngettc, or, as she is now termed a "scarlet nirmor." The woman promptly resented being photographed, made a dash for the camera fiend, seized him, and was administering vigorous punishment when the po- | lice rescued him.