LOSS OF COAL
THE WAIKATO MINES big drop in output STOP-WOftK MEETINGS There was a drop of 18,799 tons, or nearly 94 per cent, itx the output of the Waikato coal mines for the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 1943, according to a .statement compiled by the Waikato Collieries' Association. Although production in February was nearly 5000 tons above the figure for February, 1943, this improvement was more than offset in March. The following are the tonnage figures: 1944 1943 Decrease January .. 4.1.470 58, Kr y :: To tale • 182.61'J 201,411 18.799 * Increase The respective percentages of daily absenteeism at the live mines in March were:—4.o9, 7.2, 8.14, 8.53, and 3.04. Nineteen stop-work meetings were held in the Waikato field during March, causing a loss of l-i hours working time, exclusive of the two hours allowed each month by agreement for such meetings. A further day was lost in attending the funeral ol two mineis. The 12J hours of working time would have produced 5500 tons of coal, which, the statement adds, was lost through stop-work meetings which were unnecessary, and which the miners h&a promised would not take place. Ibis tonnage would have considerably reduced the drop of 9052 tons in March.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24869, 15 April 1944, Page 6
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208LOSS OF COAL New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24869, 15 April 1944, Page 6
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