THE WAIHI TROUBLE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1461, 8 June 1912, Page 4

THE WAIHI TROUBLE.

;§" j'A AMU NGEdS'IF,' . -?ir.-:-W; Pryorj secretary • oMho (fold*™ Mmers Association, . psteday .»«»,; ll.oiollpwingrt.nly noni (he ;.oi the iedoraticn of Labour, to his letter' 5 * setting- out the terms on which (ho" ciaaon would agree to meet■lives of the federation m conference:-;;.:*: >-'---'In reply : to--yours of th© sth i;w' I ;i6tant, I am lnstructnd bv my execi- : ■ ■;■'£ ,e. hve to notify you that 'wo are pre-. "J- ---,:■-. pared to meet the Employers', Fedora- .:fiji ■oMion as-staled in your 1 letter of Isl ' ■% .;■=, instant;'on the understanding- that all* '¥■ :y matters, in dispute bo discussed, but'>■..:-"■ ;.X; 1 | e ' ! ™ I 'Ot prepared to guarantee that 'P'- : '-' J tl, .^';> llu y vs Union will work amicably "■ - -.''CiV: I ™-*-: th-! ■ alleged/-Engine Drivers' '' ...".vJiiion.- tte beg to point, oui that wo '-• i-i-.constder that the Waihi gold-mining ' ■ ,:; company have broken Hie spirit ot\-.''-t i : i the. agreement with the \Vaihf,Unioii ; ;;f : uy aeknoivleuginjf another unioii whilst'' -.'. : ' ;., an agreement with the said union was "' ' force which- provided, for iho'V. iycnginc-drivers." "> ; ...--- ■•■ ■' \-;. ';-.;.'■ v¥'/'P'7 or > T >"hen communicated witli-v ■last .night, stated that a conference bn-.''' tween the Gold Miners' Association, and'-" tno federation of Labour bad been ar-'v" ranged, and that the date on which- it-"" wouid meet would most probably be &*M :Cided 10-uay. -■ '.. *;:'