TAUPIRI COAL MINES

Inangahua Times, 18 December 1931, Page 3

TAUPIRI COAL MINES

WORKERS RECEIVE NOTICES TWO SECTIONS CLOSED DOWN (Per United Press Assn.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. Eighty-five workers at the Taupiri Coal Company’s mines this morning received 14 days notice of dismissal. Yesterday, notice was forwarded hy the Secretary of the Taupiri Coal Mines to the Secretary of the Union, informing him that the Directors had, owing to the slackness of orders, been reluctantly forced to reduce the number of men. When interviewed, the Hon E. W. Alison, Chairman of Directors of the) Taupiri Coal Mines, stated that, with the existing economic conditions and the large number of unemployed, the Directors of the Company were extremely reluctant to reduce the number of workers,- however, regrettable as it was, ana there was no alternative as the whole'

Of the coal to supply the present or even additional orders, could be obtained by working of one mine. Tbe Company had been working three mines. No.’s 1,2 and 3. and tbe Directors bad now decided to close Nos. 2 and 3.

pyanng tile summer period, there was always a falling off in the demand for| coal, but this summer it had been more marked than in previous summers with decreased orders and three mines working. The Directors decided that it was imperative that steps he taken at onee to stop the loss consequent upon the working of three mines. However, in closing the two mines, precautions would he taken to keep each in good order and in readiness for working at 48 hours* notice.