THE MINING INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 9

THE MINING INDUSTRY.

-!:■■.' ;';Jar coitit«:sroND£!iT.)'.': ■ ■*£• Pr^V-• ? A "^ lantJ .'"?aSu«ir:iß;.V ■■ . v The Auckland-mine-owners, apart from tho .■ difficulty; that. has.ariseh in; regard . to:.tho mcdiral- examination; of miners, are by ho . •..iheanß.'satisfiedi with ; tho cbnditidiii that ■ .now'. gdyorri tnining operntiohs : in the- Doni- .'• inion.;,-.'rhey. , claim. that; ; they .'aro • altogether toeircstrictiy'o and:harsh.' : .■ ■■ ,: ;.. ■ lAfnew •point, is made by Colonel Holgate managing directbr- of the: Northern .Coal Cpm- ; pany,-whp -sajs-iVI"' ia'd.ditipn ■ tp-jtfebene-' .. Ms; that '■ the ;; men.Varo\rec6iving fiinderithe -. njew; claiisos;; there is'javfiindhprovided .■ for thorn -'.'called ; ; ;the -,coal •'.' miners'- ■ relief 'fund, , .'which-; haS;beeii ; entirelyMosfciight .• of./' Con- ';., tributions: are' levied oiy: coiiipanies at' the" ..' ?ate-:bf: ft_ lialfpehny per*fori on' the -output" of ;,tlio mines. .;■ This; is paid once a- quarter • : tortile Public jTrustee;, and 5 6o,'far as "'our' knowledge is coneeriied ■we have - never lieard .■ ■ of .'_a ; - singlevminerV'gettirigiiahy- benefit^out : of-it.;': We hrivp.rnadp inquiries, but we cau- ■ not',ascertairi. r where- the fund- goes' to) : "Tho :. Company's;, contribution'■itirrtounts to /.about. £180. inmially. have liail 'men in ;oar : employ; sick, , -;and,:we; : '.have had -men die ; " : but.«'e .rtover'.hcardofjtliem or; their,:re.;^^»tlye's.rec^lyjng■•■b(!nefitβifrp"^•tbis:•.fund.^'V■■■.• Drugsfbjr'-'the qnart:wAß rifiaffin', ■;' --. . \ .And yet hiucoiigh would indicate . : . ■'■;.•'■-'Hi'd ;sooi'.require': a-.coffinl'■.'.■"■.■■■ - •:":'. - He took Woods Peppermint Cure! And since -.'■ He's- been of 'all.dcbaters, . -■: -:•;>;.. "■"•'':The'-ne. plue ultrai and. the prince '■- : ■•'.- Of■Ibttd-luaced leeisiatotsJ ; - ■ B