War in Waihi
- What did you already know about mining before reading this article? That you get gold from mining and hand it in to who ever is the manager and then they will give you you pay.
- Complete the ‘somebody/wanted/but/so’ chart below:
Main players
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What did he/they want?
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What was the problem with wanting this?
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What was the end result?
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Miners
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Better working conditions and better pay
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The managers did not let them
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The scabs came in and applied for their jobs
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Shareholders
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Wanted miners to work so they could have more money
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That the miners did not want to work in these conditions
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The miners quit their jobs
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Politicians
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Did not stick up for the miners
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The police needed peace
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They did not get their peace
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Engine Drivers
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The engine drivers did not want to help the miners
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That means the miners weren't going to work without them
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They got their jobs back when the scabs came
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Federation of Labour
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They wanted the strike to happen
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There were business against them
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They did not get what they wanted
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P. M. William Massey
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He wanted the mine running
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The miners didn’t want to work
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They didn’t get what they wanted
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Commissioner Cullen
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He wanted war
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The town was dieing
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People died
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Scabs(free Labourers)
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The miners jobs(mining )
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They were taking the miners jobs
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They got what they wanted
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Police
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To let the town fight
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The town was dieing
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People died
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Fred Evans
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Escaped the police
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Was caught by police
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Was killed by the police
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Miners Families
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They wanted more money to feed their families
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If the miners were paid more the shareholders got less
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It did not happen
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Mine manager
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Wanted the miners to work more so he got more money
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The miners were leaving because they were not paid
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There were no miners left
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3. What can you say about the way decisions were made in 1912?
Money was put first which led to war
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