COLLIERIES IDLE
DISPUTE IN THE SOUTH
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, October 6,
As 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, a seven-hour 'day being included in the demands, and on1 the consent of all parties at a conciliation meeting on August 8 the matter was referred to the Arbitration Coiirt.
The. Kaitangata ' Coal Company's mines are not affected by the dispute at present.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 85, 7 October 1936, Page 16
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