Unrest among coalminers on the West Coast - Police protection necessary for non-union workers.1931.

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DescriptionTwo of the police on site to protect the co-operative workers and the mine.

Blackball Coal Company's mine, where a party of miners are working the area on co-operative lines. The mine was idle for a number of months due to a dispute over conditions and the sharing of work.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19310708-38-01PhotographerAuckland Weekly News; Inkster, Lawrence AndrewDate of Photo1931-07-08Map^[1]External LinkAUCKLAND LIBRARYContributorHeather Newby

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Location (city or town)BlackballOrganisation (eg business)Blackball mine

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Category TagCoal Miningpolitics

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Date Created4th September 2024CommentsJoe Kelly
Scabs.

Alan Beck
"He don't have to scab. He'll always make a good living off what he takes from blind men's cups".
Jack London.

Yvone Reid
My grandfather Oswald Hugo Henrickson was the Sargent at Blackball after the first world War.

Kelly Raywin
Scabs

Reece Campbell
The gates of Hell are even closed to Scabs

Rick Giles
Strikers were violent men. Yikes

Benjames Watchman
Scabs

Italina Sowman
Gosh things where hard

Alan Smith
Nothing worse than scabs

Yvone Reid
My grandfather Oswald Hugo Henrickson was the Sargent at Blackball after the first world War.

Rick Giles
Strikers were violent men. Yikes

Roger Smith
My grandfather- butcher, bankrupted by non paying strikers. He was against the strike but supplied strikers with the promise of payment at end of strike. Became a Greymouth wharfie to support wife & 7 sons..

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Unrest among coalminers on the West Coast - Police protection necessary for non-union workers.1931.

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