Miners Vote For Settlement Of Dispute

Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1948, Page 5

Miners Vote For Settlement Of Dispute

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GREYMOUTH, July s. Today, by an ovenv lielming majority, m'embers of the Roa State Miners ' Fnion gave sui>port to the reconnneniia tion of the national counc.il of United Aline Workers of New Zealand, for the settlement of the dispute which idled Ihe Strongman and Liverpool state u.iites since June 21. No ligures were available tliis evening. Before making their decision the Roa miners were addressed by Air. W. Pui-dy^ district delegate to tlie nationat eouneil. •" " The Wallsend. miners today reaffirm.ed the decision they made last Aronuay to sujiport the recoinmendatioh of the natiqpjd ,£ouiici)r. ^Alqpday's^ ilegl^iun was' pi'ada'' tyy; f ^cretl bhUpt rand tb"d^Alr.'HL E. ' "fenglLshj, pi-esident of? the Runanga State Aliners' Union and other executive members of the linton, addressed t'he miners at Wallsend Tonight Afr. Kgglish stated that the Wallsend 'miners, by over 70 votes Jo 46, decide.'d 'to suppcirt Hie* reeonimendri tiiiii of the national coitncil. Todav two further meetings were held in-tlie Buller district but the de1 eisions were not kninyn this eveniug when Afr. I, L, Tyl^r, js^eretary of tjie Buller • mi^i ersi' Centr:H eohnnittee was asked for inf'ormat iou. It will probabb be tomorrow before the deeisiotts o. t'he Buller' tniners is known.