WORK AND WAGES.
. «•> THE NEW SOUTH WALES MINERS. Uhitt-d Pros'* Association — By Electric ■ telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, Feb. 22. After long negotiations, an agreement has been signed between the Newcastle coal owners (excepting the A.A. and Newcastle Companies) and the Colliery Employees Federation, fixing the hewing rate at 3s 2d per ton when the selling price is Bs, the rate to rise or fall a penny for every threepence rise or fall in price. The Federation seeks another conference with the employers to try to induce them to raise the selling price. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Feb. 22. Conferences are going on between the Saddlers' Union and the masters to settle the dispute amicably without the intervention of the Arbitration Court.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6727, 23 February 1900, Page 4
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120WORK AND WAGES. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6727, 23 February 1900, Page 4
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