WAIHI MINE DISPUTE
By Telegraph—P l ' 3 ?'' Association. V/ailii, February 7.
A conference. between the mine owners oiul the Miners' Union, mi reference to tho now industrial agreement, has been proceeding for tlio past three days. Iho union demanded a five-tlay week of hours with ft minimum wage ot us. per dnv. Tho mino owners offered an increase of Is. 9d. per day, bringing the minimum wago to 13s. >. per day compared with 10s. fid., and they also oftcrrd a reduction of four hours per shilt weekly, thus reducing the weeks work to 44' hours, as against 48. lhe conferonce is still sitting.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 115, 9 February 1920, Page 4
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103WAIHI MINE DISPUTE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 115, 9 February 1920, Page 4
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