HUNTLY MINERS.
THE QUESTION OF WAGES. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND. November 27. The Iluntly Coal Miners' Union has mado representations to the Taupiri Coal Minos. Ltd., for re-consideration of the. wages scale, owing to the altered conditions of work now prevailing. The men explaiu that owing to the use of safety lamps and the handicap of the new system of blasting, it is not possible to* make a living wage under the terms of the existing agreement. They claim also that tho Union, which was* a party to this agreement, was a union of only a few persons, formed for a special purpose, whereas the union now includes the main body of miners. Tho scalo proposed by tho union provides for n general increase all round, with provision for .1 sliding scale in different boards.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15137, 28 November 1914, Page 12
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135HUNTLY MINERS. Press, Volume L, Issue 15137, 28 November 1914, Page 12
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