KAITANGATA MINE TROUBLE

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 17, 20 January 1921, Page 7

KAITANGATA MINE TROUBLE

MEN DETERMINED TO STAND

FIRM,

<BT TIIiHaiUPH.—PBESS AES9CUIION.)

DUNEDIN, This Day. ' At a- atopwork meeting: at the Kaita ngata miners yesterday, a letter was reid from the Kaitangata Oil and Coal Company, stating that owing to failure during the last -three days \o( many of the company's employees to st»rt work at the proper time the management notified all employees that the mine would bo opened as usual for work to-day, and any nieii failing to start at tho proper time, except for sickness, would be considered to have left the company's employ. It is stated that lamps wore refused yastorday afternoon by Ihe manager, and no men on tho afternoon shift entered the mine. '

Tho men aro. determined to stand firm. Only three or four mon on the day shift are working, and i£ the night shift join tho majority, matters wilt reach a .crisis.

There is no new development regarding the dispute which hos arisen in tho coalmines following the complaints of alleged victimisation at Blackball. Tho executive committee of the Mineowners' AEsoeiatioii will meet to-morrow (as stated yestordajl and will _ consider the proposals by ttio Prime Minister for the adjustment of the diffioulty.