PAID HOLIDAYS FOR MINERS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 May 1938, Page 3

PAID HOLIDAYS FOR MINERS.

POSSIBLE RISE IN PRICE OP COAL (By Telegraph—rress Association}- ' CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night! Because of the granting of a holiday concession to miners representing a net cost of Gd a ton on all coal mined in New Zealand there was a possibility of a slight increase in coal bought by retailers, said Mr. C. C. Davis, of Christchurch, president of the New Zealand Coal Mine-Owners' Association to-day.

The concession was granted at a conference between about GO delegates of the association and the New Zealand Miners’ Federation at Wellington last month, said Mr. Davis. Bequests were made by miners for increased rates of pay, shorter hours and alterations in working conditions. The conference lasted four days and finally agreed that existing conditions and rates of pay be renewed for a further two years.

The concession made to the miners would give them a paid holiday at Christmas based on one day in each 20 worked by the individual men throughout the year, with a maximum total of 10 days’ holiday. Mr. Davis expressed appreciation of the very friendly manner in which the negotiations wore carried out.