THE MINING LAWS.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
| " Wellington, Monday. ! The Trades and Labour Council of West/port j waited on the Minister for Mines. They ! asked that the bank-to-bank clause should • be made universal; that the sick and acci- | dent fund be consolidated, and converted | into a national fund for the whole State; ! that deputy or shift bosses be compelled to : pass an examination in gases; • that old I workings should not be sealed up, as gases i accumulated; that 110 rock-drilling machine ' be permitted unless continually sprayed with | water to keep down dust; that no batteries I work on Sunday; and that where Sunj clay work is permitted it should be paid | for at double rates; that a royalty be im- ! posed on gold for the benefit of the miners' I sick fund. They pointed out that a royalty I of threepence per oz would produce £8000 annually. Mr. McGowan promised to conj eider what alteration? the Government I would be justified in making, but lie must i hear both sides. If there was Sunday i crushing, that was a matter for the police; j personally, he saw no necessity for work- ; ing overtime.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13285, 18 September 1906, Page 6
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196THE MINING LAWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13285, 18 September 1906, Page 6
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