COLLIERS' MAIN CLAIMS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7056, 18 February 1910, Page 1

COLLIERS' MAIN CLAIMS

THE HEWING RATE WAGES TO BE REGULATED BY SELLING PRICE. VARIOUS OTHER POINTS. By Telegrapn—Prei» Association— Oopyrielr SYDNEY, February 17. The main claims submitted to tho Wages Board on behalf of tho Colliery Employees' Federation are: That tho selling prico of coal shall regulato the wages in all seams in tho Newcastle and Maitland districts. When the selling

price is 9s, the hewing rat© will

bo 3s lOd. With every shilling rise in price there shall bo an advance of fourpence in the hewing rate.

The claims also involve proportionate advances for tops and bottoms and yardage rates, and that it shall be optional for the miners to do shift work; that the minimum standard Tieignt of a seam shall bo fivo feet, a penny per ton per inch to T>e paid for every inch below that in addition to the hewing rate; that night shiftmen be paid sixpence a ton additional to the ordinary hewing rate; that only one shift shall be worked, for the purpose of drawing coal, in twentyfour hours; that eight hours, from bank to bank shall constitute a. working day for all employees; that all coal failing to pass through a; threequarter inch mess shall be paid for as round coal.

The men demand extra pay for wet places, and a charge with regard to filling dirt, this involving an advance.

BALLOT TO BE TAKEN. (Received February 18, 0.30 a.m.) .SYDNEY, February .17. The Newcastle Delegate Board b)ais 'decided to take & ballot. Vm the .question of resuming work.. . DEtMONSTRATORS SUMMONED. Over one hundred summonses have been issued in connection with the recent Socialist procession, the leader of which (Feldhausen) has already been fined.