THE GAS TROUBLE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3153, 3 August 1917, Page 4

THE GAS TROUBLE

' * — q.rn'p-WOUK MEETING OF WATER; j SIDE AVOBKERS TO-DAY. At last advices there, was still no definite settlement of. tho Miramar gas trouble, and though'the .Ivfttairostunl)er 'cargo\has been d.scharged at tho MintmaT Wharf, her coal has not ><*t Iwen touched. That is the matter now beforo the parties concerned Tho rtStaa who have ceased work at Miramar have reccive<l support from tl o An?! workers (who aro member* 01 tno . Waterside Workers' Union), and these • n i mve \\D "to the present refusedto handle anv coal for tli? Wellington Gas Companv until 'a settlement is.mado with fhTSred men. This was arranged apparently quite satisfactorily on tho lines that havo been alreadv indicated, and all parties actually signed mpnt but it is now stated that .wo men immediately concerned refused » li«tho agreement made by their own reprc S6 Vrom what enri he jmtlieml the Watcrci<V Workers' Union has token a leaflin„ hand in tlio dispute, and itiis understood Hnt if will hold a stop-work meeting at 8 a m to-day to submit the agreement I iho wholl of the members. of tlio union and. presumably, <ret their T01 ®?. ' on tho point mto s'hether the asrwiuont . sho,ild be Adhered to or otherwise , ■ A meeting of power purposes will Iw held m th Zealand Employers' ,Hef» Pimtrimhoiise Quay, this afternoon, at J o'olock! to consider thepresent position . with record to, the supply of coal for gas production.