THE COAL INDUSTRY.
PIT MECHANICS' CONDITIONS. ' ■ — {, By T«l«gr*ph—Pr*M A«9oci*t£on— Copjrijrht. j SYDNEY, December 31. ! A conference of colliery proprietors j md pit mechanics' representatives re- ! ulted in the proprietors granting in- j •reases of from 10 to 20 per.cent in . rages and conceding an eight hours' j lay, instead of eight hours and a half, j Some of the men obtain a six-hour day >n Saturdays. Preference to unionists s granted from January 1 if the union* iccept the terms. [
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11894, 1 January 1917, Page 3
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