REEFTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 15 May 1935, Page 7

REEFTON NOTES

(Our Own Correspondent.) REEFTON, May 14. A round-table conference was held at the Court House to-day on the demand of the Miners’ Union that Hie wages of the miners engaged at Blackwater Mines be increased three shillings per shift. Mr Ritchie, Conciliation Commissioner, presided, and Mr J. Roberts appeared for the Union, while Messrs Spencer and Porter represented Blackwater Mines. The condition of Mrs N. Bolitho, who is in Reef ton Hospital as the result of a motor accident at Waimaunga on Saturday, is stated to be showing iin prove mon t. Mr Gi. AV. Osbourne, who has been confined to his room for some days past, was reported to-day to be showing a marked improvement. ; A boring plant built at Crushington was brought to Reefton yesterday, and left for the Upper Buller I to-day, where Tt is to be used in boring a dredging area. At RoKertson’s paddock before a fair crowiT of spectators, two Rugby games were decided. Tn the junior, WarafaT? 13 beat Cronadun 0. and in the senior, Waratah 18 beat Star 8. Both games were of an improved standard, the junior game showing good football. Tt is understood -that the case in which C. A. Gillet, mining engineer, successfully withstood in the Warden’s Court the. objection of AV. J. Morris to the granting of a mining application, is to he the subject of an appeal.