WORK HELD UP
Taratu Collieries
By Telegraph—Press Association.
Dunedin, October 6.
zls the result of a stop-work meeting held by the miners, work at the Taratu collieries, near Kaitangata, has been at a standstill since Monday morning. Under the recent legislation the mines have been working since July 1 under the Arbitration Court award of 1931. A few weeks ago the Taratu Miners’ Union applied for a new award, among the demands a seven-hour day being included,■. and on the consent of •all parties at a conciliation meeting on August 8 the matter was referred to the Arbitration Court.
The Kaitangata Coal Company’s mines are not affected by the dispute at present.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 10, 7 October 1936, Page 2
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