A COAL-MINING DISPUTE.
(SPECIAL TO "THE .PBESS."** DUNEDIN, April 21. In the -Magistrate's Court to-day, Joseph Hollows, Inspector of Awards, sued Christie Bros., mine owners, of Saddle Hill, for £20 as penalty for a breach of the award affecting their mine. The alleged offence consisted in paying two miners taken from the face to fill loose coal that fell in the roadways of the mine as the result of a "crash," at shift wages, instead of piecework rates, plaintiff's contention being that this was "pillar" work. One of the defendants stated that shift wp ges (10s a shift- were always paid for this class of work. That had been the practice in the mine for thirty years. His Worship: This is the first time it has been challenged? Witness: Yes.
Mr Allan (for the defendants): It -yould affect other mines?
Witness: All the coal mines in New Zealand.
Mr Allan: It is a big order —a revolutionary proposal. His Worship reserved his decision.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13714, 22 April 1910, Page 4
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A COAL-MINING DISPUTE.
Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13714, 22 April 1910, Page 4
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