STATE COLLIERIES DISPUTE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 233, 2 October 1925, Page 7

STATE COLLIERIES DISPUTE.

« CONFERENCE AT GREYMOUTH. NO AGREEMENT YET. (By Telegraph. —Tress Association.) GREYMOUTH, Thursday. The conference regarding the State collieries timbering dispute sat again today, but concluded without reaching a settlement. The management Contended that the union's attitude was too drastic. The management was not opposed to the use of sets or chocks in certain places, but objected to miners having the sole right of deciding what timber should be therein used.

Mr. Ivimbell, Under-Secretary for Mines, said he considered the 1910 agreement was, too rigid.

Alternative proposals by either side, each including a proviso that the district mines inspector be the final arbiter in the event of disagreements, were advanced that, if the management stipulated that "in all jigs when timber is required in the Liverpool Colliery the roof shall be supported with sets, unless it is safer to use props."

The miners' proposal -was that "where a jig is used and timbering is required, in such cases sets of timber shall be used to do away with centre props between the roads. This does not prevent centre props being ttsed in cases where bars show signs of bending, providing they are collared." Neither side would accept the other's proposal. The State Miners' Union will review the position.