COAL MINES LOW.
-BAKE: TO BAKE BTOULAIIOS; \ .CBy Telegrapn.—- Vress" AjsaidaiioiiJ ,
WFaIiaINGTON", this day. Mr. W. Prior, secretary of 1 the r sef< Zealand Employers' . Federationj :ea*»' menting upon a debate in tte.-Legjsh- - tive Council : concerning the advisability', of Parliament legislating npdn eJgM# . hours' bank to bank,system in saipr' as to the statement made by,the BOB.". F. Trask that only two mines .wonlil**. affected by the. bill, said: "It &.:wittiß my own- knowledge that.some-atlas* of the Auckland coal nunes.axenftt'W' serving bank to bank conditions.? "The. main consideration of the Federation," Mr. Prior said, "is to-puk*;** to tbe . tendency of the legislature it<> override awards of - the ArMtianat Court, as is being attempted, in the pi* sent case. : As a matter of- fadi.,tM passing or the non-passing, of vin's bill'will not affect the position.** any great extent, as under-tie-extsußff; law any new awards would iAve to'pr»v vide, for bank to bank renditions. Tl*f? present proposal is a retrospective oae, and 1 will apply to existing *^^'™SI what is desired is to put a stop to,-tIU» kind of legislation altogether." ;-.-.. ;'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 249, 18 October 1907, Page 4
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