HIKURANGI MINERS

Grey River Argus, 14 September 1931, Page 3

HIKURANGI MINERS

ALL TO RESUME Under Co-op. Principle ! M’S.P. AFFECT SETTLEMENT. ' (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, September 12. As the result of the negotiations I intmiated by Messrs Semple, W. Perry and Bushworth M’s.l’., a most satis-] factory settlement has been reached; i„ the mining disputee at Hikurangi I In an interview, Mr Semple, who i has just returned from the seat of the I troub.e, said that he and his eollea- ( gu.es had been specially thanked by the Deputy-Mayor of Whangarei on ; behalf of the district, for the efforts I that, had been made to start the mines working again. Had ffi-e mines clos-l jed down, he said, there was no doubt, ; the town of Hikurangi would have | been ruined, and the business people j expressed their gratification at the 'settlement. The .three M’s. P., at their meeting, let Hiku'.angi with the miners present ed proposals that were agreed upon at | I the Auckland cionference with Wilson’s (N.Z.) Portland Cement Com-1 Ipany. After lengthy deliberations I : th® miners decided to accept the i terms’s which provided for a responisible body of workers operating Willson’s colliery at Hikurangi on a co- | operative basis. Wilson's undertake 'to receive eight hundred tons of coal 'weekly at 20s a ton on trucks at : Ware,, adjacent to th’e mine payment Ito bo made weekly. Tho miners have ( the right to- sell the output in excess ! of 800 tons in any market they choose. (Th miners arc given full use of the I colliery as at present erected, free ti any payment of interest or debt charI ges. The workers of interest to apI point their ow n manager and other | officials, but the mechanical plant is |to be -worked by engineers approved I 'of by the oimpany. The contract Iperoid U for twelve months and i 5 reI newable then at the optio n of either palrty.