PAY OF COAL MINERS
REDUCTION RESTORATION SOUGHT. DELAY IN DECISION SUGGESTED. By Telegraph- -Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A request for a restoration of the 10 per <;ent reduction in coal miners' wages was made by the delegates on the National Council of United Mine Workers of New Zealand at a conference held with representatives of the Coal Mine Owners’ Association at Wellington this week. In the course of a full discussion the owners’ representatives referred to the continued depressed conditions in the industry and to losses made by a great’ number of companies during the past year. The owners suggested that unions should allow the question of a new agreement to stand over for six months from March 1. The men’s delegates agreed to place the owners’ request before their respective unions.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1935, Page 4
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133PAY OF COAL MINERS Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1935, Page 4
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