THE POSITION IN OTAGO.

Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 30

THE POSITION IN OTAGO.

It is interesting to know at tne present juncture that the whole of the men en-sra-ged in the quartz-crushing 1 operations on the Barewood reefs submitted themselves without hesitation, to medical examination when called upon to do so, aid it is even more intei'esting to leain mat i-f the 20 examined not one was affected by the complaint (pneumoconiosis), of wl>ioh traces wore sought. There are altogether in Otago not a very large number of men engaged in the work of crushing j quartz, and it is thought to be not at ull unlilcelv that the cxtinple of the Barewood miners will be generally, if not universally, followed. < Mining shares locally have to a slight extent been affected by the deadlock that has taken place in other parts of the Dominion between employers and employed, and it would be extremely satisfactory to learn that the case of the Barewood mine is not an isolated instance, and that, so far as Otago is concerned, there is no cause for alarm. J With regard to the statement that the northern unions are attempting to influenr-o . the southern men and cause them to striks in sympathy, it is not thought that any trouble is likely to eventuate in Otago. I The miners, apparently ar* contend via present conditions. I