STOPPAGES IN MINES
GOVERNMENT NOT SATISFIED BETTER UNDERSTANDING HOPED FOR (By Telegraph Press Aesoctationl AUCKLAND. This Day. “The Government is not satisfied with the frequency of stoppages prevailing in coal mines and it is my intention to ask both parties to confer with me at Huntly to-morrow. 1 have 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 at 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 was not at all satisfied with the amount of pinpricks 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 spirit of harmony between the miners and managers of the company. Most of the difficulties arose from a misunderstanding and they had to be removed. Fortunately, in industry had been greatly improved and there was a market for all the coal offering. There was still, however, a shortage of transport accommodation owing to stock and fertilisers being railed in the Auckland province.
Mr Webb will address three meetings at Huntly to-morrow.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 March 1938, Page 5
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