HUNTLY MINER'S DISPUTE.
RESUMPTION RECOMMENDED. Electric Telegraph—Pross Association. Hamilton, This Day. A deputation appointed by the Huntly Miners’ Union to wait on the Directors of tho Taupiri Coal Company respecting increases demanded by tlie miners from 2s 5d to 3s per ton for working with safety lights, which they claim make progress slower, and increases for other workers, held a meeting when thev decided to recommend members of the Union to resume work pending a satisfactory agreement with the directors, and in the event of such not being arrived at to refer the matter to the Conciliation Commisisoner or Arbitration Court. At a well-attended meeting a committee was set up to watch the interest of widows regarding compensation, and it was agreed to strike a levy of five per cent, on the first fortnight’s salary of each member of the Union for the relief of distress in the town.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4948, 24 September 1914, Page 5
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149HUNTLY MINER'S DISPUTE. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4948, 24 September 1914, Page 5
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