THE WAIHI MINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 137, 10 June 1911, Page 11

THE WAIHI MINE.

OF THE UNION. i THE RAT£ DF WAGES. (By Telfijraph.—uivn Correspondent) WAIHI, this day. «lanv incorrect statements and imprestinas have recently got about in regard to the present mining dispute between the union and companies and matters relatV thereto which the officials of the iVafti Miners' Union are anxious to set ri»ht and particulars of which are ot importance at the present juncture of affairs. ' m the first place. Mr. Rhodes is retried to have said that the miner? were =ki£2 12/ a shift. This is incorrect. Ktaenee to the real demands (set forth h tbe scale of wastes asked fort will show lb»t miners in drives and slopes are set Zm at 10/. with 1 / extra where rockdrills are used .award rate was 9/1 - For llnere in winzes or rises the union asked ,n/6 (award rate 8/10). As the bulk ot to work in the mines is done by he JjSre methods, if will he seen that tbe ginujar* not asking for 12/. It has also been erroneously stated that rt e anion affiliated with the N.Z. Federation of Labour after cancelling registration under the Arbitration Act As a mutter of fact the union joined the l-eoe-ntisß in 1«K)S. pother important fact wo-thy of note ; n * re mrd to the present position is that only fix members of the union have recirned since the cancellation becsme a & fact. ?inee Christmas 120 men have received their clearance. havi„« le.t the district EoiiThiy speaking, there are 1000 men ' n thp llnion nmv - including a lumher of new members who enrolled reoatlv Practically all the actual miners W £members of the union, nnd the officials It the organisation claim that some of the tUoMhest supporters are the battery hindsAs regards the men who have dropped out of the union without formally resigning, the secretary states that since ChristMs the total number would be about 30.