THE KAITANGATA MINE.
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW 'AGIiEFw KENT. (Br Telegraph.—Freas ABMcla.tlon.l Dunodin, July 3, Tlio troublo at Kaitangata between tl section of tlio miners and mino-owneri has reached what is considored a critic cal stago. A section of minors allied 10 tho Federation of Lalxiur has pre. sonted tho Otago mine-owners with a proposal for 'a now agreement. Tho directors of tho Now Zealand Coal and 011 Co. (owners of Kaitangata) will to to Kaitnngata to-morrow to meet tlio men. Tlio demands include an.increase of 2s. Cd. in wages per shift in dips, and an increase of Is. Sd. for other shifts; nu mcrcaso of 15 to 20 per cent, in pieeo work j an increase of 2s. per shift for truckers. Tlio men demand lis. per shift for engine-drivers, and 10s. for fire-Tfu-V !• 110 , UI ! io , 11 re 6>stered under tho Arbitration Act have also forwarded' demands for consideration by tlio Kaitw ugata mine-owners.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1482, 3 July 1912, Page 6
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156THE KAITANGATA MINE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1482, 3 July 1912, Page 6
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