STATE COAL MINES.
THE MEN'S DEMANDS. ——_ -J—^ SUBMITTED TO MINISTER. " . . -I^ (By Telegraph.—Special to " Star.* , ) \ WELLINGTON, thie day. The demands of the State coal miners, which have been submitted to the jfin. ister of Mines for final decision, includea request for all statutory holidays, Also May Day and the interval between Christmas and New Year on full pax making a total of 17 days annually: Miners are working eleven days fortnightly at West Coast mines, excepting the State mine, which, works ten daya fortnightly, and the Department deeires the general practice to be adopted, as its output is being prejudiced. : The State miners' refusal to work on i Saturdays also causes inconvenience and lose in working chipping at Greymouth, [and it is proposed by the Department that Saturday work be resumed. The recent mining agreement made on _ the West Coast -was followed by an offer of a higher hewing rate for one of the State mines, but the State miners require another 1/ per ton above the special rate offered, which the Department is not able to concede.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 134, 8 June 1926, Page 7
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178STATE COAL MINES. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 134, 8 June 1926, Page 7
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