GOLD MINING TROUBLE
(By Telegraph—Preri Association.)
GRBTMOTJTH, February 26. In connection with the decision of the Waiuta Miners' Union (Blackwater Mines) in favour of a strike, it is feared that the strike may extend from Blaekwater. The Alexander miners Will, hold a stop-work meeting tomorrow. The union asked for a'3s per day wage increase except- for certain hands, where, an equivalent increase is asked; alsp a five-day' week, overtime variations, wet-time increase, 'and houserent reduction. - :.-. -.•:".'
The company has offered to restore the 1931 Arbitration Court but tor miners, truckers, and others not above 14s a day, but only while gold stands at £6 an ounce in London and the exchange is'not below 15 per cent., otherwise the company wants the-same basic rates as formerly. ..:. .. : . ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 10
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124GOLD MINING TROUBLE Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 10
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