COAL MINERS' DEMANDS.
CONFERENCE' TO BE HELD.
STRIKE jpONTOiuES AT STATUE.
■'"Misfi-r
(Special >to ithe ■'Herald.) . -WELLINGTON, this day.. The coaimine owners 'Whb conferred here this we?"k_h^v_^igreed to meet the mens reprfisehiativ-e* . on May ! 9t_i,V'to" consider their >-opos*s t • I understand tho mtners will denmnd. a" war -bonus of a further "-0 pet ©ant-, makipg a total bonus of 30 per c^Rt, on the ground that this represents th© - amount by which the; PTi'r^"a^hig' ?^4ue of their wages has depi_>or_^d*owißg to the high cost of the; necessarie© of liftr*. >The Minister of Mines expressed strong aissatisfa^bn^ver the continued strike of Stat** minesrsr Apparently, ho said, they cannot take their case before the proper tribunal wathdut the extreme step of going on strike. If this method is the p^lMihary to dealing With all trivial claims,' -it is going to be disastrous both : -to the miners and. the country, and makes it very much more difficult to secure", a* settlement.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 3
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158COAL MINERS' DEMANDS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14284, 28 April 1917, Page 3
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