MINING INDUSTRY
INCREASED PAY FOR WORKERS By Telegraph—Pres: Association AUCKLAND, March 10 A complete agreement was reached between members of the New Zealand Coalmine Owners’ Association and the New Zealand Miners’ Federation who agreed upon a 5 per cent, increase in all day wages rates, plus alterations in certain working conditions and machinery clauses of the previous agreement. These terms apply to all mines in New Zealand, including State mines. The Minister of Mines (the Hon. P. C. Webb) said the outcome of the conference made him a pleased and happy man. The previous conference in Wellington last month had been without avail, and it was at his instance that the two parties came to Auckland last week to meet him here. He had warned them that if a satisfactory conclusion was not reached, it might be necessary to make arrangements for coal to be imported.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20673, 11 March 1937, Page 11
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