THE KAITANGATA DISPUTE.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13480, 27 July 1912, Page 5

THE KAITANGATA DISPUTE.

SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT

ARRIVED AT,

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Dunedin, July 28. A new agreement lias been arrived at between, the- ivaitangata Miners' Union, registered under the Arbitration Act, and. the ivaitangata Company. The agreement shows that the latter were? willing to givo the workers a "square deal," and it has been reccued at' Ivaitangata with general satisfaction. lh< hewing rate is iixed at 2s 3d a ton, an increase of 3d. Brushing boards, where two-men siiil^ are engaged, 2b (id ton ; shiftmen's wages liy, an increase qi Is; first class shiftmen 12s, and a similar increase to iiij.>.L siiiiCi^tM o.i _tx? extra all round, i'ruckors' wages rise 6d a shift air round up to tlie age- o£ 19 : truckers' 19 or over, with five years" experience 10s id ash.it, equai. vo r< rise cf Is b"d a &hive. Firori:O-n 9s a shift, an increase of 6d ; bank rime a 0g a shift, an increase of Is. Tho> clause allows dip work in tlie r.iip.c- t-.j i;o done by contract, tenders to be approved by th>> Union. Tho agroc.nioirt will b» ratified by tho Arbitration Court.