THE BLACKBALL MIKE.
GIvKYMOUT"II, Wo.lncsday
As a result of ;i inccti.ni,' of the Blackball minors on Sunday, when the difference with the management over the interpretation of an award wns discussed, the coal output at the mine during the. last \'cw days has practically ceased. The differences cover several points in the awards. O;.c or' t)ie kind is about the nso of "ilat sheets" in truckiiio, the miners contending that their use has hitherto boon customary. .In this the minor is not provided for by tiu , award.
Tho trouble is purely local. ;is the I'ljickbail n.Lrroenieiit. differs from those in other mines.
As vermis the disjuui'd poinfs it i> understoiH!. tb:it the -Miners' .Feth'iut iuii l-:xot-utiv« h;i:-! :ulviseil tin 1 Bl:n-kb:ill Pnion to i-niitiiHU , work ;nid submit the dispute to the Jocii! Disputes Committee, ri'lirosoiitinir the ]ii;m;i,i;einent nii'l iiien. h>. the nie.'intime. iiowever. whi If nil tile men have been lioiiiij' to :is usual, there has Wren little or 110 output ot' co;tl.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13755, 6 February 1919, Page 6
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163THE BLACKBALL MIKE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 45, Issue 13755, 6 February 1919, Page 6
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