COAL MINES.
MEN AT PUKEMIRO. STOP-WORK MEETING HELD. (Special to Times.) HUNTLY, Monday. A stop-work meeting was held at the Pukemiro coal mine this morning to consider the case of a miner who had been paid the minimum wage by the company. ■ The -miner' in question had b<?en working in difficult places and was unable to earn the minimum wage per shift. When the men were paid on Friday the miner noticed that the company had not made up the different between his earnings and the minimum wage. The matter was brought before the miners before work commenced .this morning and later a deputation waited on the management. The management decided to reimburse the miner and the men resumed work a quarto? of an hour- late;
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18697, 25 July 1932, Page 6
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126COAL MINES. Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18697, 25 July 1932, Page 6
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