COLLERIES IDLE
DISPUTE AT TARATU [Per Press Association! DUNEDIN, Oct. 6. As a result of a stopwork meeting held by the miners, work at the Taratu collieries near Kaitangata has been at a standstill since Monday morning. Under the recent legislation the mines have been working since July 1 under the Arbitration Court award of 1931. A few weeks ago the Taratu Miners’ Union applied for a new award, among the demands a sevenhour day being included and on the consent ot all parties at a Conciliation meeting on August 8 the matter was referred to the Arbitration Court. The Kaitangata Coal Company’s mines are not affected by the dispute at present.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 237, 7 October 1936, Page 7
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112COLLERIES IDLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 237, 7 October 1936, Page 7
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