ANOTHER DISPUTE.
- STATE MINERS IDLE. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. GREYMOUTH, Dec. 10. The Rewanui State mine was idle today owing to a dispute between the firemen and the management regarding wages. The men claim that as they are in charge of the boilers they are entitled to firemen’s rates of pay, but the management, contending they are assistants, is paying assistants’ wages. A conference takes place to-morrow. STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA. JY CABLE—PRES 3 ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT SYDNEY, Dec. 10. Following on the dismissal of two employees at the Corrimal and Balgownie Coal and Coke Mining Company’s mine on the south coast, the men struck, rendering the mine and coke works idle. Ffiur thousand men are affected. SERIOUS POSITION IN BRITAIN. LONDON. Dec. 9. The mineowners sent a letter to the Miners’ Federation, proposing a joint committee to investigate the serious position of the industry.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1924, Page 5
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142ANOTHER DISPUTE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 December 1924, Page 5
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