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TRANSPORT WORKERS AND MINERS.

The official statement, was made on May 22 that at a recent conference, held in Wellington, between the New Zealand Miners' Federation and ilia New Zealand Transport Workers' Federation, & basis of agreement was decided upon under which these two big organisations shall join forces, and thus make an industrial organisation which will be by far the largest in New Zealand. The constitution is subject, to the approval of the several separate organisations alliliatcd to cither the Transport Workers' Federation or the Miners' Federation. It is estimated that if.the latest move meets with the approval of the membership the organisation will comprise about 50,000 men.

The Transport Workers' Federation include the tramwaymeu, the drivers, the seamen, the waterside workers, and the railwaymen (with the exception of the Locomotive Engine-drivers', Firemen, and Cleaners' Association). In conversation with prominent railwaymen, a Press reporter was informed that the Government had absolutely driven them to take such action. The vetoing by the Minister of the Appeal Board's decision in the Longton "case had practically been the last straw.

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