PAPAROA COAL MINE
'." STRIKE EOB HIGHER. WAGES'. The Prime Minister'notified the.Press yesterday that he had been advised that the miners employed • at the Paparoa coal-mine (out of Grcyniouth) had gone out on strike.. ' . . ' A Dominion reporter ascertained that the miners had demanded more money for timber work, and on the demand be- », in" refused they went out on strike, m a body on Thursday. 'In connection with the trouble, which it Knot anri:ipated will be of long duration it was quite clearly understood at the time of the last'trouble on the coast that the matter of'wages for timber work in this mine should be submitted to the Arbitration Court at its sitting this month.
CONFERENCE. By Telegraph-Press Association. Greymouth, November 1. The Paparoa mine is idle. The cause of the men ceasing work was through a misinterpretation by the manager and miners of a clause m the Coal Mines 4ct A conference was held to-day, a Labour representative and .the Inspector of Mines bein£ present. Ihe ■ mine manager states that there is no settlement vet, but it is expected that-acom-promise is likely, and work may be-re-sumed next week under, normal conditions. ■■ • - .■-■ ■ i''' •""
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 34, 3 November 1917, Page 6
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192PAPAROA COAL MINE Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 34, 3 November 1917, Page 6
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