CLAIM BY MINERS.
ALLEGED "GO SLOW" POLICY. COURT FINDS FOR COMPANY. [BT TELEGRAPH. —MESS ASSOCIATION.] INVERCAKGILIj, Tuesday. A civil action of considerable interest to miners in Southland and elsewhere, being a sequel to a dispute between th» management and tho men of the Linton Coal Company, occupied the attention of tho Magistrate's Court to-day. Eleven miners claimed varying sums, the difference in each case between th» minimum shift wage 011 tonnage rates and tho amounts which thev alleged they had been able to earn since the cutting and holing regulations had boon insisted upon. The volume of evidence presented was such that the Court was obliged to resume for some time this evening. Mr.-. H. J. M'lcalister. for the defendant company. contended that tlie "go s]ow" policy; at the Linton mine, and not the new regulations, had resulted in the decreased output, and the consequent drop in wagefc.: After hearing evidence the magistrate said the plaintiffs had failed signally ti prove their case, and he non-suited tlw plaintiffs and granted costs to the defendant company.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20725, 19 November 1930, Page 14
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175CLAIM BY MINERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20725, 19 November 1930, Page 14
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