LINTON MINE IDLE
Truckers Seek Pay Increase P.A. INVERCARGILL Jan. 19. The Linton coal mine was idle yesterday and again to-day. A representative of the company stated that a stoppage of work was caused yesterday by the truckers, because the company had refused their demand for an additional payment above the present contract trucking rate recently fixed by the Coal Mines Council. > This morning, after a meeting of the men had been held, the truckers were agreeable to commence work. However, it was then found that the men at the screens had gone home without waiting for the decision of the meeting, and the mine thus remained idle to-day. MEN DECIDE TO RESUME. P.A. INVERCARGILL, Jan. ±9. Regarding the Linton mine stoppage, a meeting of the miners was held to-day, and the men decided to return to work, and to refer the matter to the Coal Mines Council.
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Grey River Argus, 20 January 1943, Page 4
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148LINTON MINE IDLE Grey River Argus, 20 January 1943, Page 4
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