LABOR TROUBLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1919, Page 4

LABOR TROUBLES.

MINERS' DEMANDS. RESISTED BY BONAR LAW, Received March 27, 8.5 p.m. London, Maroh 26. The Government, on Tuesday, declines modifications of Sir John &a.nkey*B report. The miners asked that the sife hour day be enforced a year earlier, and an advance of half-a-crown instead of two shillings. Mr Bouar Law resisted, arguing that the miners had already gained enormous advantages through the agency of Sir J. Sankey's reportThe conference recommends the miners to continue work pending the ballot. A resolution was carried calling upon the Government to withdraw ail its forces in Hussia. and abandon the Services Bill, otherwise the miners threaten to take steps to compel the abandonment.— Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. THE MILLERTON MINE DISPUTE. OVER PAYMENTS FOR TRUCKING.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Westport, Last Night. The dispute of the Millerton mine is over the question as to whether- the miners are to be paid for a shift- for trucking (if they have to <lo Any trucking), in addition to their miams' wag«s. It is understood that the contention of the company is that • the minors are required, under their agreement, to truck a certain distance, but that the miners refuse to do trucking at all unless they are also p Q M for the trucking.

BREACH OF AN ARRANGEMENT. Dunedin, Last Night. Mr Flavell, general manager, itated to-day on behalf of the Westport Coal Company, that at the conference last September an arrangement was come to whereby any dispute that might artee should be referred to the district Disputes' Committee, and, failing that step, to the National Disputes' Committee, before any ces*ation of work took place. Consequently, any etoppage of work was a distinct breach of the agreement. Mr Flavell added that he did not know of any grievance.