MARTHA MINE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 189, 12 August 1939, Page 7

MARTHA MINE.

DISMISSAL NOTICES.

THIRTY MEN AFFECTED.

ORE TONNAGE DECLINES. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WAIHI. this day. During the week 30 men. married and single, employed by the Martha Goldmining Company. Waihi, on the surface and underground, have received notice of dismissal, and the matter was considered at an executive meeting of the Miners* Union this morning, when it was decided to take the question up with the replacement officer at Paeroa with a view to the employment of the men under Xo. 13 scheme at Waihi. It

is understood that the company's action is one of retrenchment.

As forecast by the chairman of directors of the Martha Company. Mr. G. 1!. Mitchison. at the last annual meeting, the tonnage of ore available for treatment at the mine has continued to decline. The four-weekly crushing returns issued this year by the Martha Goldmining Company (Waihi), Ltd.. are com pa red below: — Toriofl Crushing Tonnajrc Gold Silvor enrlod. days. t mated oz. oz. February 11 23 2,1.124 6464 45.32S March 11 .. 22 16.297 4.-|ft2 29 427 April S ... 10 1.1.286 4088 28.626 May 6 1-S 13.987 412."> 1 r»77 •Tune 3 20 16.107 3839 24 308 July 1 20 1.1.273 36»3 27.973 July 29 - 16.202 3752 32,322 At the annual meeting the chairman said the reduction of tonnage arose from the gradual exhaustion of tne Martha mine, coupled with the cessation of ore supplies from the Waihi Grand Junction area.