NORTHERN COALMINES
Industrial Agreement
By Telegraph—Press Association. Whangarei, August 9. Au agreement similar to those recently brought into force throughout the Dominion was reached in conciliation council in a dispute affecting coalmines in this district. The principal demands which the owners conceded were as follows: —One paid holiday in every 20 days worked, up to a maximum of 10 days in a year; increases in hewing rates and wages, together with improved conditions for the men. It is estimated that the concessions will increase the present cost on production by approximately 1/- a ton of coal. ,
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 269, 10 August 1938, Page 15
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96NORTHERN COALMINES Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 269, 10 August 1938, Page 15
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