WAGES DISPUTES.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] . Dunedin, last night. The Conciliation Board was engaged hearing a "dispute between the Coal Miners’ Union and the Shag Point Coal Company, with reference to the new seam lately opened up. Other seams are- worked under an award made previously, but the Union contended that the new seam, being a lower one, should be regarded in a special light. For the Company, it was contended that the wages averaged over 10s aflay, so they could not afford to pay the demand. Decision was reserved. The dispute between the Coal Miners’ Union and the New Zealand Coal and Oil Company was then taken. This has reference to engine drivers and firemen in the i)]h}e. The Comany contended that the "demand'was' tgr q,i} increase of 3s per day for engine drivers, and 2s for firemen, and would be more than qualified engineers could bo got for.Decision was reserved.
Reference lias been filed in a dispute between the B ikers’ Union aud the Southland Master Bakers. The h&urs asked are 51, and wages -11 16s ; the foreman, and this only \yhon there is only one man, to „ e i **■. the recognised wages for a second hand being H l® 8 ’ r a fable bar t d £2 ss.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 85, 19 April 1901, Page 2
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