MINERS STOP WORK
TROUBLE OVER THE STRIKE : LEVY.- .: By Telegraph—Press Association. Creymouth, March 8. A meeting of the State Collieries. Miners' Union last night. decided .to stop work until the men refusing to pay the 2J per. cent, levy to' assist the .■Australian strike victims decide to c<>n"tribute. About forty ,men have refused to pay the levy. ' ' ■ .Both the Revjanui and the Point Elizabeth mines are idle to-day. , Another : trouble at the State mines is over the position of the weighbridge at Rewanui. Since the big slip the men claim that it should be placed, at the mouth'of the mine, instead of some disl.tance therefrom, but the. manageme.nt | decline to accede to this request. The | weighbridge has been placed :in the middle, and'the brakemen claim that this means wastage, as they lose weight Ibetw.eeri4the.two places. They:aie being paid tonuage rates.. ~
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 146, 9 March 1918, Page 6
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140MINERS STOP WORK Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 146, 9 March 1918, Page 6
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