ABSENTEE QUESTION
WORK IN COAL MINES
At the coal production conference yesterday absenteeism was discussed, the Minister of Mines, Mr. Webb, stating that any man who ceased production without good cause deserved to be removed from the Industry, The chairman of the Auckland Mine Owners' Association, Mr. H. Morpeth, said that at the request of the Government the Pukemiro mine had worked five back Saturdays since May, but the average attendance of hewers was only 50 per cent. Mr. A. Hayward said the Glen Afton management had found working back Saturdays a failure on account of the small attendance of miners.
Mr. H. Peden, a Northern Miners' Union delegate, said small musters on back Saturdays were largely explained by the fact that men who had been working night shift were unfit to work again In the daytime. The president of the Northern Miners' Federation, Mr. H. Hall, defended Maori workers. If it were not for the Maori truckers the Macdonald and Pukemiro mines would be almost idle, he said.
The secretary of the federation, Mr. T. Hall, said there was no great unjustifiable absenteeism.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 174, 25 July 1942, Page 6
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184ABSENTEE QUESTION Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 174, 25 July 1942, Page 6
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