COAL TRADE CRISIS.
CONFERENCE AT MILTON. <By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN. Thursday. A conference between the employees and the officials of the Bruce Coal Mining Company was held at Milton to-day. The principal question in dispute is the rates of pay. While the employees ask for ah increase of 3d on the present rate (2/9), the owners demand a decrease oi 3d. Neither side would give way, __nd it was decided to leave the claims relating to piece rates, weighing, and trucking in abeyance. A number of other points relating to conditions of labour were agreed to.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 182, 31 July 1908, Page 5
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