THE OTIRA DISPUTE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 19 July 1920, Page 5

THE OTIRA DISPUTE

<.BY TEI-T-GHAPH PKFSS ASSOCIATION.)

CHRISTCHTJRCH, July 17. Workers at the Bealey end of the Otira tunnel, who are negotiating for new contract rates with the 3P!ublic Works engineer, Mr A. Dinnie, who was sent specially from Wellington to deal with the tunnel dispute, have not agreed upon the price to be paid to them.

The organiser of the Canterbury Progress League received the following telegram to-day from the men's secretary: "Dinnie's offer of £4 9s per foot les s than Otira refused by us. Our offer of £2 17s less than Otira refused by Dinnie.