LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13845, 5 March 1909, Page 5

LABOUR.

" FOR ; LOYALTY.' * Per Press Association. . AUCKLAND, Ma,rch .4. A special •Auckland Provincial Employers' v Association, 'was held this afternoon; for the-purpose of making a .presentation to Messrs 'F. Duncan, J. Hamilton,. R. Heron, and J. Whorskey, officials:! of the Taupiri Coal Company,' who'stiick to iueir posts during- the recent trouble at the Huritly mines. Mr D. - Goldie, president of the Association, on-behalf' of the .employers of New Zealand,..preseiited each .of the four men with £SO as -an. acknowledgment of "their loyalty. THE HAPPY - jVIEDIUM. / .'-'■■.■■■ NAPIER, Marcli .4. At a meeting-.of,. ( the ~ Conciliation Council to-day, l it- was reported,;, that the dispute, 'had been settled. The agreement come'to will'!he drafted to-morrow, submitted --'to thb assessors for signature, and/forwarded to the Arbitration Couft<;to lie filed as ah award. . Mr P. Hally, the 5 Conciliation Commissioner,.-.-.expressed'-' -his ; ' pleasure at the .result,- and;the. representatives of -.the,: employers.-and'Of -the 'employees expressed high r appreciation l of the manner in. which Mr ■ Hally had-con-ducted the, proceedings, - and congratulated him upon having negotiated the first settlement of a dispute by a Conciliation .Council.- ~:.-;, ;>■'■ '■''■-]:' ; TROUBLE;AT; BROKEN RIVER. r ,]CHRISTCHt)!RCH.,rMaiki;i4., , The: special reporter qfPtliti,'"Evening News ";- telegraphed: j from;. Broken River tQ,-daythat.\although, there is a good deal of dissatisfaction on'the. raill way works ,beyondßroken River, the trouble docs not appear, at the ipresoht 'time to have, assumed very'serious di■liicnsipns being -confined to .what'is known as (No. 17 cutting in wkiblijabout 130 men are employed. The men had hitherto been receiving >9s a day, and were satisfied'-, with „ .that amount, but recently the Government "issued, a mandate that it -was hot going to pay by day labour in- future,';-but at'the rate of ,1s 3d per truck. iThis intimation Was received With resentment; by /the cooperative men who went on strike on Tuesday. If they;,were.; going to be waid- n'er truck they; they, must have 25..- On the assurance'of the:overseer .-that ... they '%,puld;.'i,b^.< giiict;, at the "onr>e,r rate oiv9s;iv difficulties'were ,'solved,; 'they} returned: to ; work;, to-dav. •'■ -,'Tlieylha4,'q..-'.ii?©P.lang,y«(Siterd|Biy. whicli resulted; iiV ,a v„ telegram ; ..< ;beirig Veftt +O. the .Mhiister t of Labour protest: iiig th.it the contract of Is JJd per truck r dul not- jpermit of ,a\ living wage! ? To.'this message; no reply has vet 'been /sen&- • A'-, conference, wasr.tn be held tliis, afteri^qdn-between. Mr Vickermah,; the'^n , gihee^in; i> char i ge of the works, anditlie.men. r^" : - : i-;> .