MINERS' WAGES.

Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 3

MINERS' WAGES.

AID OF A CONCILIATOR. cm; ' .'.'l t'i::- n: i:ss association. AUCKLAND. .March 15. The Kiripaka Miners' Union recently filed "a dispute with tlie Conciliati>i. Commissioner (Ml- T. Harle Giles), making certain demands for increased \va<ies and improved working conditions. Mr Giles visited the mine to information on the points in dispute and »Ih> with a vi«w to seeing whether tho dispute might be settled out of Court. Jle v.as well received by the delegates of the union and had a lone interview wilh them with a viewto arranging a conference betweeti the representatives of tile union and the directors of tin- company. This eonlerenoo. Mr Giles states, is likely to • •ventilate, shortly and there, appears to be every disposition on the part of the men to discuss malterr. in an amicable spirit when they mod the directors.