TRANSPORT OF MINERS
DISPUTE WITT/ CONTRACTOR, WORK lUr/EVI TO CEASE From Gi/nr* Oten Correspondent HUNTLY, Friday. A serio/rai position has been created by the / af/hsal of the contractor to carry </n the transport of the miners to the- Renown Collieries at Walkokowa)., Un</er the present terms, which expired* today, the miners have been paying; Ss for a weekly ticket, which ha Entitled the holders to six return tr for actual trips, but the cont'/afctor now insists that the tickets /expire on Saturdays, irrespective of JJhe number of trips. i The company subsidises the contractor at the rate of £7 10s weekly and a stop-work meeting was held today to discuss the situation. No official information was given, but it is understood that the miners are emphatic tbnt the contractor’s terms will not be entertained by the men and a cessation of work on Monday is a certainty. The position is serious and the union officials are determined in their attitude to uphold the previous conditions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 5
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165TRANSPORT OF MINERS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1028, 19 July 1930, Page 5
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