“TOO MANY MINING STOPPAGES”
—MR' WEBB
IPer Press Association. Copyright.] AUCKLAND, This Day. “The Government is not satisfied with the frequency of stoppages prevailing in coal mines, and my intention is to ask both parties to confer with me at Huntly to-morrow in the hope of arriving at a better understanding.” said the . Minister of Mines, the Hon. P. C. Webb, this morning. The Minister 'said he would refrain from commenting on the recent deadlock in the Waikato mines, as the dispute had been referred to the National Disputes Committee at Wellington. He was satisfied to learn that a settlement had been arrived at, but he was not 'at all satisfied with thfc amount of pin-pricks and friction existing in the Lower Waikato, If industry was to prosper, it needed more co-operation and co-ordination, on the part, of owners and a better spiritspirit of harmony between the miners and the managers of the companies. Most difficulties arose from a misunderstanding, and this had to be removed. Fortunately, conditions in the industry had been greatly improved and there was a market for all coal offering. There was still, however, a shortage of transport accommodation, owing to stock and fertilisers being railed in the Auckland Province.
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Northern Advocate, 29 March 1938, Page 7
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