STRIKE MATTERS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1473, 22 June 1912, Page 6

STRIKE MATTERS.

WAIHI AM) ELSLWHLIU"

-I'At-ite "meeting this week the Wcllinfr . ton branch of the Seamen's' Union' receiv-.W ed a communication from tho lederntion/-.:,;;-of Labour asking tho union to allow a.prcsnntativo of the federation So e.spUiin-. tho position at Waihi and Iteefton. 'Nonaction'was takcii with regard to tho l'O- ; quest, and a motion to donate a sum of';o;i money., towards llio Vv iiiiii 6tnke3's was do--1 When lis journeyed south recently thu' o. Hon. J. Colvin (Minister for Mines) paid;,-'" a visit to Iteefton with a view to medial:■: ■; ing, if possible, in tho industrial dispute',' which has arisen there between tho mine- .... owners And their employees. Mr." Colvm «■,> went to Eeofton in response to an.invito ... tion from a public meeting of citizens; sup- ; . ; , : ported by a similar request from the. Keef-;?s ton Chamber of Commerce. His interven-jg. tion was not intended, Mr. Colvin cd yesterday, to involve tho Government iu any way. ■ Ho wont to Reefton hoping that- ; lie might be ablo to promote a mutual understanding between tho parties to tho;.;.. dispute. On arriving, however, ho found:.;'? that tho principal representative of' tho ■ ■ mine-owners was absent in Reefton, aiid;,, : tho Minister was therefore unablo to niaka any'move towards promoting a settlement.';. It was unlikely, Mr. Colvin replied to a. ; further question, that tho Government ; would take any action in regard;-to tiw ; .'. dispute,;;.'