MINERS "GO SLOW."
REDUCTION IN OUTPUT. * MARKED FALLING OFF.
EXTENDED MINE FIGURES.
PUKEMIRO FOLLOWS SUIT.
The output of the Extended mine at Huntly 5 sterday was 453 tons, as against the usual quantity of from 600 to 700 tons. The men took only half the usual explosives to the mine with them. At the Rotowaro mine the output was normal —275 tons. The output at the Pukemiro mine yesterday was reduced by from 80 to 100 tons. This decrease was independent of the decrease usually experienced for » brief period every three months when "cavilling" is started. "Cavilling" is a system whereby the men select the places in which they shall work underground. In every mine there are jjood places in which to work and other piacea not so good. It is calculated that if th& same men were contu uously employed in the less favourable places there would be discontent. Therefore, every three months a ballot is taken to decide the position* in the mine in which the men shall work. When the change takes place and the men are settling down a certain decrease takes place in the output. The daily output when "cavilling** starts is from 380 to 400 tons. Yesterday the output at' Pukemiro was 293 tons.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17254, 2 September 1919, Page 6
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210MINERS "GO SLOW." New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17254, 2 September 1919, Page 6
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