State mine stopped
(From Our Own Reporter f GREYMOUTH. March 6. The dispute at the Strongman State Mine, near Grey- . mouth, was still unresolved this evening, and the president of the Runanga State Miners’ Union (Mr H. Pattinson) said there would be • no work tomorrow. ' The men went horn? without working bceause of a dispute over who decides when wet and dust-time payments are to be made. Mr Pattinson said an underviewer outside of the mine had interfered in the granting of wet time, and the men would not resume. work until they had an as-[ surance that the deputies! would continue to give wet and dust time. The manager of the mine , (M. R. A. Andrews) said that the men would not go into the mine this morning until the union had had dis[cussion r with him. “When I , tola them I would not have discussions until the metti went .to work, hey went home,” he said. * Discussions between union representatives and the Dis- [ trict Manager of Mines (Mr [J. W. Lundon) have produced no solution.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33477, 7 March 1974, Page 1
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