KAITANGATA MINE.
MEN OUT OP WOKE- ' | (Feom Oto Own CoßEsaPOHpzitt.) WELLINGTON, Septet&ber 5. Mr ■J. Edie (member for CJutha) .informed the Iloaee of Reproeentatryee to-day , that he had received a telegram from the >■ Kaitangata mine stating that over 70 mjen. -. were unemployed, and that men who ware ■ still at work were getting only two; for •three days’ work a week. Half the men i affected were married men with families. Ths matter was urgent, and he wanted ;to knew if the Minister of Mines could do anything for those concerned. ! The Hon. G. J. Anderson replied that , he regretted that the weU-knowii coal xns» at Kaitangata was not aa flourishing as fit used to be, but competition had afiogted! it considerably. Mr Parry: Competition in espor| ‘or asport coal? ■ U I Mr Anderson: We shall do whatWe OSv f We can place abont 20 man oh the uSri- ■ gation works in Otagrx 1 shaQ (approach the other mine owners in getting sosnq of , the other men in their mines;. ■ j j |
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19270, 6 September 1924, Page 7
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171KAITANGATA MINE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19270, 6 September 1924, Page 7
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