CONFERENCE WITH MINERS.
/ WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS. (Per Press Association.) v WELLINGTON, last night, ' Sir James Allen and Hon. Mr MacDonald met the mine-owners yesterday i and. Jto-day and- discussed , the question ofc I another conference with i>he miners rewages and (working . conditions. . , j „ Sir James; says a conference will! be held. The/ last conference was abor-, tive. . The. men asked! for an increase of 17^ per centum m wages, m addition to a war bonus of 10 per cent, and other I concessions. . . . . |i It is expected that the conference be- ■ tween the owners and miners, will be ! held) within a fortnight as stipulated m 1 [the agreement on. which the v strike ter- ',, minated. . ; '"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 5
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